On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 1:12 AM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Davide Pesavento <p...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >>> qt is a pretty significant package to have break with multilib, and >>> trying to run qt-5 on a stable system is already a nightmare with the >>> qtchooser switch (in my case I ended up abandoning qt5 as I didn't >>> need it that badly). >> >> I'm not sure how qt5 is relevant to this discussion. >> > > As I understand it, qt5 cannot be installed side-by-side with the > current stable qt4, but it can be installed side-by-side with 4.8.6. > My understanding is that this is the result of the same overall > ebuild/eclass changes. Therefore, it is another reason to stabilize > 4.8.6. You are correct that it has nothing to do with the multilib > changes otherwise. >
Your understanding is correct, and I agree it is indeed another reason to stabilize 4.8.6. Thanks for clarifying. Regards, Davide
