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.. title: Moving to PyQt5 and Releasing Version 2.4
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.. slug: 2015/12/24/moving-to-pyqt5-and-releasing-version-24
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.. date: 2015-12-24 19:00:34 UTC
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.. previewimage: /cover-images/moving-to-pyqt5-and-releasing-version-24.jpg
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Due to a packaging issue on one of our supported platforms (Debian, to be precise), we have had to radically shift
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forward the release date of OpenLP 2.4, as well as cut out a whole lot of features we had hoped to include.
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The biggest feature of OpenLP 2.4 will be the move to Qt 5.x. Qt is the GUI library we use for OpenLP's interface, and
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up until now we've been using version 4.8 of Qt. Just like all software projects, Qt has been moving on (they recently
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released version 5.5), and we've unfortunately been lagging behind.
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We had always intended to upgrade to Qt5 in OpenLP 2.4, but thanks to the aforementioned packaging problem, we have to
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release a version of OpenLP which uses Qt5 by the end of January. With this in mind we decided to cut the release
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cycle short and just release 2.4 with Qt5 and some bugfixes.
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The good news in all of this is that we should be able to make OpenLP's multimedia capabilities more powerful thanks
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to the reworking of media in Qt5. This should also encourage developers to continue contributing to OpenLP, which means
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that we all win.
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Here's our intended release cycle for OpenLP 2.4:
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+---------------+------------------------+
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| Date | Version |
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+===============+========================+
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| 27 Dec 2015 | OpenLP 2.3.1 aka Alpha |
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+---------------+------------------------+
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| 10 Jan 2016 | OpenLP 2.3.2 aka Beta |
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+---------------+------------------------+
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| 31 Jan 2016 | OpenLP 2.4 |
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+---------------+------------------------+
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If we feel we need it, we may release a second beta on the 24th of January, but this depends on developer availability,
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and how many bugs we have found and/or fixed.
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We Need You
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Again, we need you. We've just uploaded some fresh language files to `Transifex for OpenLP 2.4`_ (you may need to be
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logged in to view this page), and we need your help to translate them into your languages. We'll blog in about a week
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again with a status update for these translations. Not many strings have changed, but we'd like to give folks whose
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translations were not able to be included in OpenLP 2.2 to get their translations up to date and included in OpenLP 2.4.
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[ Image Credit: `FAST by fhirART`_ ]
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.. _Transifex for OpenLP 2.4: https://www.transifex.com/openlp/openlp/openlp-24x/
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.. _FAST by fhirART: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64252494@N07/7573429776/
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