[Development] Changes to Qt offering

[Thiago Macieira]

On segunda-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2020 14:47:46 PST NIkolai Marchenko wrote:
> Assuming we have a VM that is restricted to connecting to the internet, we
> previously could dump the installer there and install Qt.
> Now, we need to have an intermediary PC with the same OS to first install
> the binaries via online installer and then copy those binary files to that
> first VM.
> 
> This is an extraneous and completely artificial step for absolutely no
> reason other than TQtC paywalling them, which is ridiculous.

Previously, you anonymously downloaded the offline installer from another 
machine, then copied it over to the VM, and installed there.

Now you're going to download the offline installer from another machine after 
typing your password, then copy over to the VM and install there.

What's the hurdle?

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