On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 05:59:33PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 07:37:25AM +0200, Peter Kümmel 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. > > > > > > > > > I just wanna see who objects first ;) > > Please, be serious. Qt 4.1.5 was released no more than ten months ago.
And 3.3.8 was released six months ago. What are you trying to say here? The fact that older versions are maintained does not imply that using them for new development is a good idea. Not even remotely. What really makes me sick here is the application of double standards. For boost we require the newest and shiniest and to be reasonably able to use this we even include it in our sources! And if this results in brown-paper-bag releases as 1.5.0 was it's just considered 'business as usual'. On the other hand, for Qt we are not even allowed to use the _penultimate_ _released_ version. What crap is that? Andre'
