[Qgis-developer] Minimum qt version - bumping to 4.6?

[Paolo Cavallini]

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Il 15/11/2013 05:14, Martin Dobias ha scritto:

> I do not like the idea of being held back from upgrading minimal
> requirements by one distribution. I think it is fairly reasonable to
> expect that only older software will work with older distributions.
> Moreover, I guess the share of CentOS/Redhat users is quite low even
> just among linux users because it is mainly server oriented. And even
> then those users should not have trouble installing newer Qt from
> third-party packages.
> 
> Finally, newer versions of Qt are also more stable - with a release of
> new minor Qt version the older branch typically stops receiving
> further bugfixes.

agreed fully - with tens of Linux distros, keeping with the one with the oldest Qt is
a major drawback.
besides this, I think we should move forward with a decision: having the same
discussion as one year ago, and not taking a decision, would be pointless.
in short: +1 for 4.8, please send your opinion.
all the best.
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Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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