From kde-core-devel  Sun Feb 17 19:41:47 2008
From: Andreas Pakulat <apaku () gmx ! de>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:41:47 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: KDE TRUNK & Qt-4.4.x (pre-release in qt-copy)
Message-Id: <20080217194147.GB7304 () morpheus ! apaku ! dnsalias ! org>
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On 17.02.08 11:33:35, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> I understand that KDE TRUNK now requires Qt >= 4.4.0 although I didn't 
> see an actual announcement to that effect on the list.

The switch to Qt4.4 on trunk/qt-copy was announced last thursday or
friday and it was also announced that the dependecy wasn't going to be
done for a few days so people have some time to update their builds.

> However, I find that:
> 
> 	The CMake scripts do not check for this.
> 
> 	The README files do not say that 4.4 is required and where to
> 	get it.
> 
> This has resulted in totally unnecessary bug reports (and duplicates) 
> and will probably result in more.

No, its good now.

> This should be fixed ASAP.  Actually, it should have been fixed before 
> any code dependent on Qt-4.4.x was committed.
>
> This is unprofessional quality management.

Looks like somebody made a mistake, good you never make mistakes.

BTW: the kde-devel IRC channel already mentions the dependecy since 24
hours.

Andreas

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