22.10.2012, 15:53, "Koehne Kai" <kai.koe...@digia.com>:
> Hi,
>
> In Qt 5 we're relying on libxcb instead of the aging xlib. One drawback is 
> that it limits the portability of Qt binaries on Linux (AFAIK xcb isn't part 
> of any LSB). But it turns out the real dealbreaker when trying to have a 
> somewhat portable Qt binary on Linux is libxcb-icccu: E.g. I can't run a Qt 
> compiled on Ubuntu 11.10 on my OpenSUSE 12.1 because of this dependency, and 
> the LSB appchecker even says it's not available on any platform known to him.
>
> Now I don't have a real understanding of icu, and couldn't really figure out 
> what libxcb-icccm does. I learnt it's an acronym for "Inter-Client 
> Communication Convention" , but how crucial is it? Would it be feasible to 
> make icccm optional for the icu platform plugin (preferably by configure 
> switch)?

I guess ICCM is crucial for interaction with WM.

-- 
Regards,
Konstantin
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