On Monday 20 March 2017 14:25:56 Martin Smith wrote: > >It's not the application developer's task to avoid the death by a > >thousands Qt > > > >paper cuts. It's Qt's job. > > Ok, but I'm the customer, and I am always right. I want my application that > uses QList to continue to run in Qt 6 with QList just like it did in Qt 5. > If it speeds up or slows down or uses more memory or less, I don't care as > long as it still passes my old requirements. > > > What is your solution?
I have answered that question five years ago[1]: If your interests are against the common good, you should pay the prize, not expect it to be communitised. So, e.g.: Pay twice the fees to use a compatibility QList until Qt 7 or pay the normal price and port, possibly with an automated tool a la clang- modermize. [1] https://marcmutz.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/c98-support-costs-extra/ -- Marc Mutz <marc.m...@kdab.com> | Senior Software Engineer KDAB (Deutschland) GmbH & Co.KG, a KDAB Group Company Tel: +49-30-521325470 KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
