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

[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 shipped with the application. Users are not expected to switch
> > Qt versions, except when upgrading the whole application. Insofar are
> > rules like "we can't add symbols in patch releases" not much more then
> > self-inflicted pain without measurable gain.
> 
> This situation is different on mobile (and I guess embedded as well);
> for BlackBerry10 we have one version of Qt on the device 

Do you intend to upgrade this version of Qt that's installed on the device
without upgrading the applications using it?

Andre'