Joseph Kowalski wrote:
>>      3.1.    Interface Stability
>>
>>      QT3 maintains API and ABI compatibility between Minor and Micro
>>      Releases [ not between Major Releases ]. However, development
>>      of QT3 has ceased, and QT3 is considered EOL by Trolltech ASA. [3]
>>      For this reason, this case proposes an overall "Obsolete"
>>      Interface Stability Classification for QT3. There are no plans
>>      for ongoing Minor/Micro Release updates to this version of QT3,
>>      except for routine patch maintenance updates, as required
> Deja Vu...
> 
> This doesn't seem to be the first time I've seen proposals for "stale" 
> objects/facilities.

Somewhat amusingly, the LSB list this week is discussing removing Qt3 from
the next version of the LSB, because apps will have had 6 years to migrate
to Qt4, and "6 years are enough for all Qt3 apps to disappear. 6 years are 
ages in IT."    (I'd love these guys to meet the customers still running
OpenLook apps on current Solaris that they compiled on Solaris 2.4 in 1995.)

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         Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

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