On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 06:35:05PM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 07:44:32PM +0200, Peter Kümmel wrote: > > > > > >> LyX 1.5 is released now, why not drop the requirement Qt >= 4.1? > >> > > This is becoming tedious. Any bells and whistles may be added > > through conditional compilation without the need for bumping > > the requirements. So, if you like candies, you can use the latest > > versions, and if you like efficiency, you are not forced to use them > > simply for the flashing lights. Then, you cannot pretend that anyone > > should install a new version because of an unessential feature. > > > The main worry here, I think, has more to do with qt-designer. If
This was not aimed at you, of course. That was an error, and we all make errors. However, if you use the latest Qt version for development, you simply cannot be sure that you are not using a latest-version-only feature. > someone wanted to tell me how to install an older designer but keep my > main qt base up-to-date, and without having to compile an old version > myself, I'd be happy to do it. This is on FC6 (soon to be F7). I don't know fedora, so I cannot tell you. However, you can have several different Qt4 versions installed without conflicts (adjust PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to select the one you will use). Note that it is much simpler and faster building Qt4 from sources than it is building LyX. I have 4.1.5, 4.2.3, and 4.3.1 installed and I configure LyX for each version through a script without any hassle. -- Enrico
