Upgrade Qt version #77
Description
We’re currently using Qt 5.12.10, which does not compile on Macs with Apple Silicon; i.e. any new Mac released in 3+ years.
Looking at our upgrade options, I noticed this Qt blog post; notably, LTS releases and offline installers will no longer be available to non-commercial users. I’m not sure how much that’ll impact us; but probably worth keeping in mind as we work on this.
Our upgrade options from 5.12.10 are
- 5.12.12 (patch)
- 5.15.x (minor)
- 6.x (major)
The docs for MITK up to v2023.12 list Qt 5.12 as a pre-requisite; only in the current nightly does that update to Qt 6.6. They don’t explicitly say whether that’s a minimum or an exact requirement. I’ll start by trying Qt 5.15.x initially, and then once we know how that works, we can figure out how to proceed.