KDE 4.4 Qt version

[Matt Rogers]

On Tuesday 12 January 2010 14:33:15 Tom Albers wrote:
> Op Tuesday 12 January 2010 21:28 schreef u:
> > On Tuesday 12 January 2010, Tom Albers wrote:
> > > Op Tuesday 12 January 2010 19:20 schreef u:
> > > > > So yeah, I think requiring Qt 4.6.1 would be a good idea, imho.
> > > >
> > > > I agree, if we know that version x.y.z of package Foo makes our
> > > > software crash, we should require a version != x.y.z of Foo.
> > > > Even if that means to delay the release.
> > > > What's a release worth if it crashes all the time...
> > >
> > > Yes, I agree too. Since it is runtime, can't we detect at runtime and
> > > print a nice error message and refuse to start kde and the
> > > applications? Distro's which do basic testing will catch and fix it for
> > > their users, users which build themselves are warned that way too...
> >
> > Why not even refuse to build with the bad version ?
> > Is it a common use case to build against 4.6.0 and then run with a later
> > version ?
> 
> Yes, I think that happens here and there...
> 
> Toma
> 

I do that all the time, since I tend to follow the 4.6 branch in git.
-- 
Matt