KDE 4.4 Qt version

[Sune Vuorela]

On 2010-01-12, Tom Albers <toma at kde.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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>> > > 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...
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>> > 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...
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>> 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 ?
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> Yes, I think that happens here and there...

Always.

And build with 4.4 and run with 4.5 or 4.6 or ... that's the beauty of
abi compability

/Sune