On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:53 PM, a.gra...@gmail.com <a.gra...@gmail.com> wrote: > avoid regressions or incompatibility problems caused by a newer > version of QtSDK. If we think about Qt and QtCreator just as an SDK to > write applications I agree with you that developers should have the > latest tools available, but about the *runtime* I think that a > distribution should stay with the one they've used for months to test > the applications with. > > p.s: don't take this wrongly... I'm not saying that newer versions of > Qt usually cause regressions or incompatibility, but even a "could" is > enough to make me think about a stable runtime. > As far as I'm aware, they already ship what they perceive as a 'stable' runtime.
In terms of SDK completeness, adding some warning or checkups to auto detect runtimes and if user builds an app using Qt5 toolchain and the system also has a Qt4.7 for example, alert the user that 'There might be compatibility issues with system wide runtime - consider rebuilding the app using the system wide runtime if that's the target deployment version'. Instead of starting renaming things and changing distribution further. Is having a script by ubuntu that downloads the right SDK version a bad idea? THen it'd would be left in the power of Ubuntu maintainers to select exactly the SDK components per their planned deployment. -Sivan -Sivan _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
