[Qt-creator] QtSDK what is it and where is it?

[Koehne Kai]

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> From: qt-creator-bounces+kai.koehne=digia.com at qt-project.org [mailto:qt-
> creator-bounces+kai.koehne=digia.com at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of Diego
> Iastrubni
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 8:49 AM
> To: Leslie S Satenstein
> Cc: qt-creator at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] QtSDK what is it and where is it?
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> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Leslie S Satenstein
> <lsatenstein at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I am really experimenting with Qt as it comes with Fedora 17.  I see on the
> web that there is a QtSDK. Googling and searching the website pages (all of
> them) does not show me a download called QtSDK.
> 
> What does QtSDK consist of since there is no page called QtSDK.  Is it
> creator? Is it the total of the libraries?  Somewhere, the webmaster has to
> say of what a QtSDK consists.
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> It was an online/offline installer that Nokia did, which installed Qt,
> QtCreator, the emulator for the phones and a lot of other goddies for
> windows/linux/mac.
> 
> You can still download it from Nokia, and as far as I understand, QtProject
> will release one soon as well.

We plan to release offline installers for Qt 5.0.0 where Qt is precompiled + Qt Creator. Note that the very first version won't be on par with the Nokia Qt SDK yet (e.g. no online installers, update mode ...), and a Qt 4.8 won't be part of the 5.0 package, either. 

Anyhow, regarding the original question: it seems you're fine with the Qt packages from Fedora 17. I don't know which exact version of Qt + Qt Creator it ships, but you might consider making sure you're working with the latest qt creator + check newer Qt packages if you run into bugs or issues. Otherwise there's not much you'll miss from the Qt SDK - for desktop users it was basically just a convenient way to install & update Qt + Qt Creator, but since it's not updated anymore I'd stay away from it if you don't need it for Symbian, Meego ... development.

Regards

Kai