Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise

2012-11-23 Thread Peter Hartmann
On 11/23/2012 11:11 AM, Poenitz Andre wrote: > Peter Hartmann wrote: >> On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: >>> (...) >>> The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in >>> practice. Vendors of "binary" Qt based application typically test their >>> setup against one specif

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise

2012-11-27 Thread Ziller Eike
On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:20, Peter Hartmann wrote: > On 11/23/2012 11:11 AM, Poenitz Andre wrote: >> Peter Hartmann wrote: >>> On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: (...) The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in practice. Vendors of "binary" Qt based app

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise

2012-11-27 Thread Tony Van Eerd
> -Original Message- > [mailto:development-bounces+tvaneerd=rim@qt-project.org] On Behalf > Of Ziller Eike > > On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:20, Peter Hartmann wrote: > > >> Do you intend to upgrade this version of Qt that's installed on the > device > >> without upgrading the applications u

[Development] binary compatibility promise (was: Re: Frameworks on Mac?)

2012-11-23 Thread Peter Hartmann
On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: > (...) > The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in > practice. Vendors of "binary" Qt based application typically test their > setup against one specific (often enough patched) version of Qt which > is then shipped with the applica

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise (was: Re: Frameworks on Mac?)

2012-11-23 Thread Poenitz Andre
Peter Hartmann wrote: > On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: > > (...) > > The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in > > practice. Vendors of "binary" Qt based application typically test their > > setup against one specific (often enough patched) version of Qt which >

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise (was: Re: Frameworks on Mac?)

2012-11-23 Thread Rutledge Shawn
On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:07 AM, Peter Hartmann wrote: > On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: >> (...) >> The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in >> practice. Vendors of "binary" Qt based application typically test their >> setup against one specific (often enough patc

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise (was: Re: Frameworks on Mac?)

2012-11-27 Thread Ziller Eike
On 23 Nov 2012, at 14:15, Rutledge Shawn wrote: > > On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:07 AM, Peter Hartmann wrote: > >> On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: >>> (...) >>> The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in >>> practice. Vendors of "binary" Qt based application typicall

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise (was: Re: Frameworks on Mac?)

2012-11-27 Thread Konstantin Tokarev
23.11.2012, 14:07, "Peter Hartmann" : > This situation is different on mobile (and I guess embedded as well); On embedded you usually can rebuild all software when changing Qt, so binary compatibility is not important. -- Regards, Konstantin ___ Deve