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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE Trunk based on Qt 4.6
From:       Tom Albers <toma () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-08-30 20:11:29
Message-ID: 2660898.I8IoY712nx () kde ! org
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Op Sunday 30 August 2009 22:02 schreef u:
> * distros are likely to ship Qt 4.6 anyways; pragmatically, we can either \
> test  our stuff heavily against Qt 4.6 or we can turn a blind eye to it \
> and hope it  works out. when Qt 4.5 was released it didn't work out at \
> all: several crashes  and misbehaviors in plasma-desktop were the result \
> and hit our users directly  and first. some fixes required changes in Qt \
> which left more people high and  dry for longer.

YES. So you agree with me! We need a full KDE beta cycle with Qt 4.6 to \
find KDE issues and Qt issues. Depending on a new Qt on RC stage will lead \
to a higher chance of a bad 4.4.0, and to be honest our .0 release are not \
that good, let's not make it worse by instability between dependencies.

> if it's a matter of our release schedule and Qt's being 2 weeks \
> mis-aligned  this time around, i'd personally sooner see us add 2 weeks \
> to our own schedule  and get a combined Qt 4.6 + KDE 4.4 out there in \
> Jan/Feb 2010.

Sure, that's a no-brainer, but that does require some sort of statement of \
Qt about that schema. Schedules from the past are no garuantee for the \
future. 

If Qt wants a cool, big show case of 4.6 within a month afther their \
release, it is not to much to ask, imho. And yes, that benefits both of us.

Toma
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KDE Developer



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