[Development] Qt Commercial 4.8.0 release delta to LGPL version

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Mon Dec 19 16:31:10 CET 2011


On Monday, 19 de December de 2011 09.40.44, David Faure wrote:
> > What should this do for something like 4.8.0c? Better to not confuse
> > things
> > and to leave the version number as it was. In practice, I'd be surprised
> > if
> > there was much confusion caused by Digia supplying a customised 4.8.0
> > which
> > includes just fixes. If people are using Digia's 4.8.0 version, I suspect
> > they are also likely to report bugs they find to Digia instead of to the
> > general Qt bug tracker anyway.
> 
> I disagree.
> They will post questions to forums, to consultants, on blog posts, etc. etc.

Anyone may produce a "vendor branch" and release it, so long as they clearly 
mark it as a patched version of the official Qt.

"Qt Commercial 4.8.0" sounds to me like it's clearly marked.

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