[Development] Changing definition of Qt meta macro to allow tools integration

[Knoll Lars]

On 31/03/16 20:33, "Development on behalf of Thiago Macieira" <development-bounces+lars.knoll=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org on behalf of thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:



>On quinta-feira, 31 de março de 2016 08:01:54 PDT Knoll Lars wrote:
>> >Why would they need to deal with 5.6.0 specifically?  
>> >As you said in another mail, 5.6 is LTS, not 5.6.0
>> 
>> I’m with Olivier here. We will not support 5.6.0 in three years anymore.
>> What we will support is 5.6.x (x being the latest available patch level
>> release).
>
>This is a totally different definition of "support". Are you saying Qt Creator 
>will not be able to open projects linking to Qt 5.6.0 or older?

That’s not what I said. I see no reason why creator wouldn’t be able to open projects using older versions of Qt. But if we e.g. can’t autocomplete connections in those older projects I think that’s acceptable.

Cheers,
Lars

>
>> So it does make sense to put the patch into 5.6, if the creator team is
>> interested in using it.
>
>Sure, what is the team's opinion?
>
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>  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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