[Development] 16-bit PCRE landed in upstream master

[Jonas M. Gastal]

On Friday 30 December 2011 13:40:09 Giuseppe D'Angelo wrote:
> 2011/12/30 Stephen Kelly <stephen.kelly at kdab.com>:
> > This is due for release in mid-January, so Qt 5.0 could depend on the 16
> > bit API already.
> 
> I'd like to bring the discussion we had on IRC yesterday on the
> mailing list. What are the people's opinions about whether it's "good"
> (for any value of good) for Qt 5.0 to depend on the 16 bit PCRE?

I only caught a part of the discussion, but a concern that was raised was that 
depending on bleeding edge is not good, but I disagree. Qt 5.0 is bleeding 
edge, no reason not to depend on it.

Gastal