On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 11:57:27AM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> So there is currently _no_ linux distribution that has a qt4 > >> really good enough for LyX? > > Andre> The point is that there is currently no distribution shipping > Andre> LyX 1.5 either. > > OK, once again: when 1.5 ships I would expect that people who have > installed a new distribution in July 2006 are not laughed at because > their distribution is really inadequate for using LyX. > > Clearer now?
Not really. 'Using LyX 1.5 on a distribution shipped in July 2006' means 'installing LyX 1.5'. Installing Qt 4 in the same place is about the same (I'd even argue 'less') effort and requires the same set of priviledges. So my point is: There won't be many people who can't use LyX because of the dependency on Qt 4. At least not many enough to rectify any effort on our side. I think it is sufficient to keep Qt 3 compilable, let GTK rot (in the sense to declare it 'tolerated, but not supported by the core team'), and put all effort into Qt 4. Andre' PS: There is now a patch that allows Qt 4.1.4 to draw straight lines without triggering an ASSERT. Given that Qt 4.1.3 was already able to draw triangles without crashing (in contrast to 4.1.2...), it looks like things are progressing smoothly on the Qt front...
