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Subject: Re: KDE4/Qt4 minimum gcc version 3.2
From: "Gary L. Greene Jr." <greeneg () arklinux ! org>
Date: 2005-04-17 17:39:02
Message-ID: 200504171739.05369.greeneg () arklinux ! org
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On Sunday 17 April 2005 07:15 pm, Leo Savernik wrote:
> Am Samstag, 16. April 2005 03:33 schrieb Thiago Macieira:
> > Kurt V. Hindenburg wrote:
> > >I just noticed a reply from trolltech on the Qt4 preview ml stating that
> > > gcc 3.2 is the minimum version (Also stated on
> > >http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/qt4-platforms.html). Didn't I see
> > > a long thread a few weeks ago about KDE supporting gcc 2.95? KDE has
> > > to have the same minimum gcc version Qt does, correct?
> >
> > KDE 3 has gcc 2.95 as a supported platform, but we use Qt3 for it.
> >
> > For KDE 4, I have proposed we drop the support for 2.95. If Qt4 goes the
> > same way, it only makes the point stronger: stop using 2.95 already.
>
> They still support MSVC++ 6.0. If Qt compiles with that one, it'll compile
> with gcc 2.95 anyways.
>
> mfg
> Leo
That's not guaranteed. MSVC++ 6.0 and gcc 2.95 are two different beasts and
since _most_ ISVs are now on gcc 3.x, I can see why they feel that
maintaining support for an obsolete compiler is not needed. Whereas with
Windows, MSVC++ 6 is still in use by a large number of ISVs.
--
Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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