> > I know at least one case when linking against pthread is not > > acceptable. It is when use any other threading library than > > libpthread. > > E.g. we often use home-made non-preemptive thread library because it > > better fits our needs than pthreads. It is absolutely incompatable > > with pthreads and if linked together will cause segfault on any 'new' > > (or 'malloc') operator. > > I guess (but I am not sure) that using of alternative thread libs such > > as NGPT will also cause problems. > > Well, then you have to stick with the non-threaded version if your app > is a Qt app. We're not speaking of throwing the non-threaded version > away but more about making any application that links against Qt to use > qt-mt instead of qt whereever possible.
But libqt.so for qt3 should still be provided, not only libqt3-mt.so If you want developers to link their apps to against libqt-mt, just write documentation asking developers to do so, and file bugs if they don't.
