[Development] HEADS-UP: Qt 5.4.2 release coming

[Peter Kümmel]

On 23.04.2015 20:31, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> On Thursday April 23 2015 16:58:05 Peter Kuemmel wrote:
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>> Because the gerrit code is Qt5 not Qt4.
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> Doh ... I wondered about that and should have realised it was the case seeing the dialoghelper file on the list.
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>> So it needs a complete review and test by you if it works on Mac,
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> Actually, I am still working on a Qt 5 version. Porting the OS X specific changes of the Qt 4 patch was relatively straightforward, but the Linux code needs some attention as well. That's a bit problematic because I don't currently have a Linux rig powerful enough to build Qt, but also I can't find the x11/xcb/freetype equivalent to qcocoafontdialoghelper.mm ...
> Anyway, the current patch for Qt 5 (5.4.1) is here: https://github.com/RJVB/mp-port-repository/blob/master/aqua/qt5-mac-devel/files/patch-improve-fontweight-support.diff

I would start only with the Mac changes, and if they get accepted, you/one could change the other systems
(where the folk is not that sensitive on font stuff ;) )

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> I looked at the gerrit comments, and one made me wonder: is Qt no longer the product of a European company? I'm pretty sure trolls are a EU species, who if they could write without errors would use an EU language and spelling ;)
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> R.
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