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

[Marco Hugentobler]

+1 for going with 4.8 as minimum version.

Marco

On 15.11.2013 07:56, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
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> Il 15/11/2013 05:14, Martin Dobias ha scritto:
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>> 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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