[arch-dev-public] Status of QT4

[Jan de Groot]

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> Van: arch-dev-public-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-dev-public-
> bounces at archlinux.org] Namens Varun Acharya
> Verzonden: donderdag 18 oktober 2007 12:09
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> Onderwerp: Re: [arch-dev-public] Status of QT4
> 
> Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just wanted to ask what the status of QT4 is. There are some
> packages which
> > cannot be updated due to dependency on the new version of QT.
> >
> > It wouldn't be that bad idea to update qt before KDE4 is ready. I
> wonder if
> > the following upgrade path works:
> >
> > * introduce a qt3 package (just rename the current qt; files should
> stay
> >   in /opt/qt)
> > * repackage those packages which directly depend on qt3. (there are
> not that
> >   many)
> > * update the qt package to version 4 and install all files to /usr
> > * packages like kdebase should still work because they do not
> directly depend
> >   on qt (from pacmans point of view) and search fore qt files in
> /opt/qt.
> >
> > What do you think? Is it really that simple?
> >
> > Pierre
> >
> Since were not sure of the exact time when KDE 4 will be released, and
> speculation even pushing its release into 2008, I suggest we leave qt3
> untouched for now at /opt/qt (with the package name 'qt' ) and
> introduce
> qt4 into extra at '/opt/qt4' and pkgname 'qt4'. We can avoid the
> repackage if we do it this way..

I vote against using another shitty /opt prefix. We migrated several
projects to /usr (Xorg, gnome, xfce), why package something which is new in
/opt/qt4 then?