I'm not giving the usual fanfare. This has been an absolute slog.
Ports changes:
qt6-base: Added WAYLAND option. This is congruent with the X11 option.
We really don't recommend disabling this option, but it is
available for advanced users who don't want wayland for
whatever reason.
September 30, 2025 by Jani Heikkinen
The last release from the Qt 6.9 series, Qt 6.9.3, is now available for
download. As a patch release, Qt 6.9.3 does not introduce new features
but delivers over 250 bug fixes, security updates, and enhancements on
top of the Qt 6.9.2 release. For a detailed breakdown of the most
significant changes, refer to the Qt 6.9.3 release notes.
Announcement:
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.9.3-released
Release notes:
https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.9.3/release-note.md
FreeBSD ports changes:
devel/qt6-base:
- Remove a few stale patches and use dlsym to access environ. [1]
- Restore missing headers if the X11 option is disabled. [2]
devel/qt6-tools:
- Add support for devel/llvm21
www/qt6-webengine:
- Use dlsym to access environ. [1]
PySide6: Update to 6.9.3
As part of the Qt6 update, PySide6 and its support tools have also been
updated to 6.9.3.
Reported by: arrowd [1], angry_vincent on #freebsd-desktop [2]
MFH: 2025Q4
Security: c27c05a7-a0c8-11f0-8471-4ccc6adda413
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/pull/441 [1]
Co-authored-by: Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
August 27, 2025 by Jani Heikkinen
We are excited to announce the release of Qt 6.9.2! As a patch release,
Qt 6.9.2 does not introduce new features but delivers over 550 bug fixes,
security updates, and enhancements on top of the Qt 6.9.1 release. For a
detailed breakdown of the most significant changes, refer to the
Qt 6.9.2 release notes.
Announcement:
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.9.2-released
Release notes:
https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.9.2/release-note.md
MFH: 2025Q3
Security: edf83c10-83b8-11f0-b6e5-4ccc6adda413
2a11aa1e-83c7-11f0-b6e5-4ccc6adda413
March 27, 2025 by Jani Heikkinen
We have released Qt 6.8.3 today. As a patch release, Qt 6.8.3 does not
introduce new features but contains more than 300 bug fixes, security updates,
and other improvements on top of the Qt 6.8.2 release. See more information
about the most important changes and bug fixes from Qt 6.8.3 release note.
Qt for Python 6.8.3 has also been released by its usual means along with the
Qt 6.8.3 release.
Announcement:
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.8.3-released
Release note:
https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.8.3/release-note.md
Security: 7cb6642c-0c5a-11f0-8688-4ccc6adda413
January 31, 2025
We have released Qt 6.8.2 today. As a patch release, Qt 6.8.2 does not
introduce new features but contains more than 450 bug fixes, security
updates, and other improvements on top of Qt 6.8.1 release. See more
information about the most important changes and bug fixes from the
Qt 6.8.2 release note.
Announcement:
https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.8.2-released
Release note:
https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.8.2/release-note.md
MFH: 2025Q1
Security: 72b8729e-e134-11ef-9e76-4ccc6adda413
December 02, 2024
We (Qt upstream) have released Qt 6.8.1 today. As a patch release,
Qt 6.8.1 does not introduce new features but contains more than 550 bug
fixes, security updates, and other improvements on top of Qt 6.8.0
release. See more information about the most important changes and bug
fixes from the Qt 6.8.1 release note.
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.8.1-released
Release note: https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.8.1/release-note.md
We (kde@) skipped shipping Qt 6.8.0 due to waiting for a compatible
version of PyQt to be released, but here are the announcements and
release notes from Qt 6.8.0.
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.8-released
Release note: https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.8.0/release-note.md
PySide6: Update to 6.8.0.2
PySide6 and its related components have been updated alongside the Qt
release for compatibility. Older versions will not build with Qt 6.8.x.
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-python-release-6.8
PyQt6: Update to 6.8.0
This release also introduces x11-toolkits/py-qt6-graphs, python bindings
for the Qt Graphs module. As with PySide6, older versions of PyQt6 will
not build with Qt 6.8.x.
Support tools like py-sip and py-qtbuilder have also been updated to their
latest versions.
Announcement: https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/news/PyQt_v6.8.0_Released
Special thanks to Kenneth Raplee for testing and to SponiX for providing
access to build hardware!
PR: 283290
Exp-run by: antoine (x2)
As a patch release, Qt 6.7.3 does not introduce new features but
contains more than 400 bug fixes, security updates, and other
improvements to the top of the Qt 6.7.2 release. See more information
about the most important changes and bug fixes from Qt 6.7.3 release
note.
PySide6: Update to 6.7.3
New port: devel/qt6-grpc
Qt GRPC is the client-side implementation that, together with the Qt
Protobuf module, allows the definition of messages and services in
.proto files, which then use the provided code generators to generate
client code that allows the access for fields and gRPC services in the
Qt framework. The code generated by Qt GRPC enables the client-side to
communicate with a gRPC server (regardless of whether the server uses
Qt) by sending calls or streaming messages.
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.7.3-released
Release note: https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.7.3/release-note.md
June 19, 2024
We have released Qt 6.7.2. As a patch release, Qt 6.7.2 does not
introduce new features but contains more than 200 bug fixes, security
updates, and other improvements on the top of the Qt 6.7.1 release.
See more information about the most important changes and bug fixes
from the Qt 6.7.2 release note.
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.7.2-released
Release note: https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.7.2/release-note.md
MFH: 2024Q2
Security: c5415838-2f52-11ef-9cab-4ccc6adda413
As a patch release, Qt 6.7.1 does not introduce any new features but
contains more than 400 bug fixes, security updates, and other
improvements to the top of the Qt 6.7.0 release. See more information
about the most important changes and bug fixes from Qt 6.7.1 release
note.
Enable building of databases/qt6-base_sqldriver@mysql with MariaDB. [1]
Fix build of www/qt6-webengine with the SNDIO option enabled. [2]
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.7.1-released
Release note: https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.7.1/release-note.md
PR: 277922 [1], 279180 [2]
Reported by: vvd [1], Benjamin Takacs <nimaje+fbz@bureaucracy.de> [2]
MFH: 2024Q2
Security: f5fa174d-19de-11ef-83d8-4ccc6adda413
Qt 6.7 is out with lots of large and small improvements for all of us
who like to have fun when building modern applications and user
experiences, focusing on the expansion of supported platforms and
industry standards. This makes code written with Qt more sustainable
and brings more value in Qt as a long-term investment.
www/qt6-webengine is now based on Chromium version 118.0.5993.220.
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.7-released
Release note: https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.7.0/release-note.md
PySide6: Update to 6.7.0
PySide6 and its related components have been updated alongside the Qt
release for compatibility. Older versions will not build with Qt 6.7.x.
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-python-release-6.7
PyQt6: Update to 6.7.0
Minor Makefile cleanups and simplification of MASTER_SITES in pyqt.mk.
As with PySide6, older versions of PyQt6 will not build with Qt 6.7.x.
Announcement: https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/news/PyQt_v6.7.0_Released
PR: 278658
Exp-run by: antoine
MFH: 2024Q2
Security: e79cc4e2-12d7-11ef-83d8-4ccc6adda413,
c6f03ea6-12de-11ef-83d8-4ccc6adda413
As a patch release, Qt 6.6.1 does not introduce any new features but
contains more than 400 bug fixes, security updates, and other
improvements to the top of the Qt 6.6.0 release. See more information
about the most important changes and bug fixes from the Qt 6.6.1 release
note.
To allow building www/qt6-webengine without CUPS, a CUPS option has been
added and the Pdf module has been split out to a new port: print/qt6-pdf.
This also allows building devel/py-qt6-pyqt without pulling in the unused
WebEngine module. Fixes [1].
Remove a lot of unused dependencies. Fixes [2]. Also remove inconsistent
WWW lines from the individual Makefiles as WWW is alreay defined in
Mk/Uses/qt-dist.mk. [3]
Announcement: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.6.1-released
Rel note: https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtreleasenotes.git/about/qt/6.6.1/release-note.md
PR: 271111 [1], 268692 [2]
Reported by: echoxxzz <echoxxzz@gmail.com> [1],
Matthieu Volat <mazhe@alkumuna.eu> [2],
lwhsu (via #freebsd-desktop IRC) [3]
MFH: 2023Q4
Security: 6d9c6aae-5eb1-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6,
07ee8c14-68f1-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6,
a1e27775-7a61-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6,
0da4db89-84bf-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6
As with the Qt 5 version, Qt Speech provides application developers with
a QObject subclass, QTextToSpeech, that provides an interface to the
platform's speech synthesizer engine; and a value type QVoice that
encapsulates voice characteristics. With those classes, applications can
make themselves more accessible to users, and go beyond the
screen-reader functionality of assistive technologies. Using non-visual
channels to inform users about changes or events can be very useful in
hands-free situations, such as turn-by-turn navigation systems.
Content-focused applications like ebook readers could benefit from
text-to-speech synthesis without depending on assistive technology.
