On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 09:38:34PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 20.03.2016 um 21:48 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: > > >Peter stated [1] that the patch is not necessary for compilation with > >MSVC 2010. > > But it doesn't harm then, see my today's post in the plans thread. > > >It seems the majority opinion is to release rc1 (and final > >2.2.0) with Qt 5.5.1 compiled with MSVC 2010. Uwe, are you OK with that? > > As I just wrote in the other thread I prefer Qt 5.6. > I can nevertheless release RC1 with Qt5.5.1/MSVC2010 and also a Qt 5.6 > version. However, for the final release I won't maintain/offer support for a > Qt 5.5.1 build. Due to lack of time I will have to focus on one version and > Qt 5.6 offers a long term support, meaning I can assume that this version > will be supported by the Qt people for the full life time of LyX 2.2. > > I hope you can understand my decision.
Yes, I do think I understand and you make good points. Qt 5.6 has the advantages that: 1. You tested it and it works well for you. 2. It is faster for you. 3. It has long-term support. I hope you can understand the opinions of others that there are disadvantages of using Qt 5.6: 1. It requires switching compilers. I personally don't know much about the dangers of this, but some LyX developers do know a lot about this topic and they are worried. If someone knows more than I do about a topic, I trust them more than I do myself. 2. Although you tested and it works for you, no one else has tested. Scott
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