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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: IMPORTANT: Qt snapshot users should upgrade to 11/14
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-11-15 15:49:51
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Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > Not recompiling Qt snapshots every day doesn't mean "trying to avoid
> > > all responsibility". If you want to do that: fine. Noone profits
> > > from forcing everybody to do it. Here is is simple calculation:
> > > Say I have 10 hours a week for working on KDE. Recompiling Qt and
> > > kdelibs every day means wasting 7 hours => I have 3 hours to do
> > > productive things. If I recompile Qt once in two weeks, I have
> > > 9.5 hours per week to do productive things. I think it's not hard to
> > > imagine which alternative I prefer.
> > >
> > Yes. The same applies to me.
> 
> While I don't argue that I'd just like to mention that we keep binary
> compatibility within the Qt snapshots (at least for all the mature clases used
> by KDE). There's no need to recompile the entire KDE when upgrading Qt.
> 
> It could also improve things if KDE handled dependencies smarter and not
> recompile everything when Qt header files changes timestamp.
> 
Like?

Greetings, Stephan

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