- Qt Creator 4.7.0 has been released:
 http://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/07/18/qt-creator-4-7-0-released/

- qbs 1.12 has been released:
http://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/07/19/qbs-1-12-released/

- Thiago Macieira started a discussion on the development list outlining a list of desirable qualities and requirements in a build-system to be used for Qt 6.
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2018-July/033100.html

- Another similar thread on the subject, promoting a build-system called "bazel" was then started here:
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2018-July/033124.html