Qt5->Qt6 transition chaos for packagers when depending applications are not yet ported.

[Ben Cooksley]

On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 2:16 AM Scarlett Moore <
scarlett.gately.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
> Obviously we expect there to be bumps in the road while packaging
> unstable ( master ), however in most cases you can set
> QT_VERSION_MAJOR and dual build qt5 and qt6 version to satisfy both
> qt5 and qt6 applications. I have stumbled on libkgapi which master
> does not support this and will only build qt6. kio-gdrive is not yet
> ported and as such creating a bit of chaos with apt. We have come up
> with a workaround, but shouldn't libraries still support both when
> there are applications out there that still depend on the qt5 variant?
>

Just as a side note here - where this happens, the CI system should begin
to alert people as it will no longer be able to locate the dependency in
question.

>From my perspective though, leaves (applications) should move before any
branches (libraries) move.


> Thanks,
> Scarlett
>

Cheers,
Ben
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