Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise

2012-11-27 Thread Ziller Eike
On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:20, Peter Hartmann phartm...@rim.com wrote: On 11/23/2012 11:11 AM, Poenitz Andre wrote: Peter Hartmann wrote: On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: (...) The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in practice. Vendors of binary Qt based

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise (was: Re: Frameworks on Mac?)

2012-11-27 Thread Konstantin Tokarev
23.11.2012, 14:07, Peter Hartmann phartm...@rim.com: This situation is different on mobile (and I guess embedded as well); On embedded you usually can rebuild all software when changing Qt, so binary compatibility is not important. -- Regards, Konstantin

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise

2012-11-27 Thread Tony Van Eerd
-Original Message- [mailto:development-bounces+tvaneerd=rim@qt-project.org] On Behalf Of Ziller Eike On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:20, Peter Hartmann phartm...@rim.com wrote: Do you intend to upgrade this version of Qt that's installed on the device without upgrading the

[Development] binary compatibility promise (was: Re: Frameworks on Mac?)

2012-11-23 Thread Peter Hartmann
On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: (...) The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in practice. Vendors of binary Qt based application typically test their setup against one specific (often enough patched) version of Qt which is then shipped with the application.

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise (was: Re: Frameworks on Mac?)

2012-11-23 Thread Poenitz Andre
Peter Hartmann wrote: On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: (...) The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in practice. Vendors of binary Qt based application typically test their setup against one specific (often enough patched) version of Qt which is then

Re: [Development] binary compatibility promise

2012-11-23 Thread Peter Hartmann
On 11/23/2012 11:11 AM, Poenitz Andre wrote: Peter Hartmann wrote: On 11/23/2012 12:12 AM, André Pönitz wrote: (...) The reality is that this guarantee often enough does not hold in practice. Vendors of binary Qt based application typically test their setup against one specific (often enough