Hello,

Maybe you find possible to keep bat working with Qt v 4.2? I really hope 
that bat does not use 4.3+ features extensively, and at least one 
widespread server distro (RedHat/CentOS latest v 5.3) uses 4.2 (4.2.1 
currently).

Regards,

Alex Ehrlich

Kern Sibbald wrote:
> Hello Dirk,
>
> First, I have to say that the new changes to bat -- the tabbed widget in the 
> main window look really nice.  I think that most users will be quite happy 
> with them.
>
> When I first loaded the code and tried to build it, it failed.  It appears 
> that there was a dependence on a function that is only available in Qt 4.4.
> I removed that code, which was used to hide a title bar that is not really 
> needed.  So now bat builds here.
>
> However, this brings up the question of what version of Qt do we require, and 
> how do we ensure that bat builds with that version.   Currently the 
> documented version is Qt 4.2 or greater.  I am currently on Qt 4.3.4, so it 
> is not clear if bat will still build on 4.2 as is documented.
>
> I think it is reasonable to move up to Qt 4.3.4, but requiring anything 
> higher 
> will exclude bat from a lot of systems, or at least make it more difficult to 
> build.
>
> If you have a higher version of Qt loaded on your system, I think it might be 
> good for you to get the depkgs-qt release (I am not sure if it is still on 
> Source Forge) and setup your bat build environment to build against it.  That 
> would help ensure that we don't run into these kinds of problems.  The same 
> would apply to any other developer who modifies bat (such as myself and 
> Eric).
>
> What do you think?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kern
>
>
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