On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Thomas Zander <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 18 January 2012 06.35.57 Martin Gräßlin wrote: >> I didn't say that this is a reason. I wanted to highlight the problem of >> not depending on 4.8 and everybody using 4.8. I'm not going to start >> reviewing code for "is this a Qt 4.8 change". > > Martin, > > if you remember there are a lot of people using KDE that are not 'core' > developers. Typically they are one-time developers, they are artists, they are > translators etc. > I just wanted to point this out since your attitude can easily be mistaken as > not caring about the people that are not able to do the Qt upgrade. I do > believe you care, and thats why I think its important to indeed put in that > little bit of extra time to make sure we don't use Qt4.8 APIs. Or just > respond fast to a person noticing the compilation issue. > > Its not a whole lot of effort, as far as I can tell, but it does have a pretty > big influence on our community members that may not have the computer power or > computer savy or just the time you have. > > thanks :)
But according to Martin, this isn't just about API changes, it is also about behavior changes. How do you expect people to know if they are relying on a Qt 4.8-specific behavior? -Todd
