According to the upstream they switched to Qt 5 since version 1.4.2. The upload request for 1.4.2 is filed as bug #872788.
[1] https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/commit/ 39b48f2357b0b783815be88031b738376fa228e0 On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 21:06:06 +0200 Lisandro =?iso-8859-1?Q? Dami=E1n_Nicanor_P=E9rez?= Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Source: heimdall-flash > Version: 1.4.1-2 > Severity: wishlist > User: [email protected] > Usertags: qt4-removal > > > Hi! As you might know we the Qt/KDE team are preparing to remove Qt4 > as [announced] in: > > [announced] <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/08/ msg00006.html> > > Currently Qt4 has been dead upstream and we are starting to have problems > maintaining it, like for example in the [OpenSSL 1.1 support] case. > > [OpenSSL 1.1 support] <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi? bug=828522> > > In order to make this move, all packages directly or indirectly depending on > the Qt4 libraries have to either get ported to Qt5 or eventually get > removed from the Debian repositories. > > Therefore, please take the time and: > - contact your upstream (if existing) and ask about the state of a Qt5 > port of your application > - if there are no activities regarding porting, investigate whether there are > suitable alternatives for your users > - if there is a Qt5 port that is not yet packaged, consider packaging it > - if both the Qt4 and the Qt5 versions already coexist in the Debian > archives, consider removing the Qt4 version > > = Porting = > > Some of us where involved in various Qt4 to Qt5 migrations [migration] and we > know for sure that porting stuff from Qt4 to Qt5 is much much easier and less > painful than it was from Qt3 to Qt4. > > We also understand that there is still a lot of software still using Qt4. > > Don't forget to take a look at the C++ API changes page [apichanges] whenever > you start porting your application. > > [migration] http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/packagingqtbasedstuff.html > [apichanges] http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/sourcebreaks.html > > For any questions and issues, do not hesitate to contact the Debian Qt/KDE > team at [email protected] > > The removal is being tracked in <https://wiki.debian.org/Qt4Removal> > > Lisandro, > on behalf of the Qt4 maintainers > > >
