[Qt-creator] Raising the minimum required Qt version for building Qt Creator 14+ to Qt 6.4(.3)

[Eike Ziller]

> Am 20.02.2024 um 11:54 schrieb Mike Trahearn <mtrahearn at topcon.com>:
> 
> Could you please qualify why not Qt 6.5 LTS at this time? We are not that far away from the next LTS.

I just answered on the similar question on gerrit:

The absolute minimum requirement is "2 stable versions including at least 1 LTS release".
That could be Qt 6.5 (LTS) and Qt 6.6, but since Qt 6.5.0-.3 had various issues, adding another one before that (Qt 6.4.3 which has "proven itself" in Qt 10 & 11) seems reasonable.

Br, Eike

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> From: Qt-creator <qt-creator-bounces at qt-project.org> on behalf of Eike Ziller via Qt-creator <qt-creator at qt-project.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8:12:10 PM
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> Subject: [Qt-creator] Raising the minimum required Qt version for building Qt Creator 14+ to Qt 6.4(.3)   Hi,
> 
> we would like to raise the Qt version required for building Qt Creator to Qt 6.4(.3), starting with Qt Creator 14 (current master branch).
> That does not affect which Qt versions you can use for developing your own applications.
> 
> Qt 6.5 is the latest LTS version of Qt.
> Qt 6.6 is released (and we build prebuilt packages with it).
> Qt 6.7 will release soon.
> 
> Raising the requirement to Qt 6.4 still leaves 4 minor Qt versions including a LTS line for building Qt Creator.
> 
> 541548: Require Qt 6.4.3 for building Qt Creator | https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt-creator/qt-creator/*/541548__;Kw!!Nbma_1s!poZh5uCJ1c3bJdMGOBewD7GJ-c_uZquS0coeUgGje2QPXdF7dW2AxB3XbmK89ub0XUiCr2mvFvgIedEY6ZsT8OnJ$ 
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> Feel free to comment here or on the change!
> 
> Br, Eike
> 
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