[Qt-interest] Static library distribution

[Yen-Liang (Josh) Liu]

I am wondering if LGPL has anything to do with the dynamic libraries
distribution

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On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Malyushytsky, Alex <alex at wai.com> wrote:

> According to the Thiago Macieira  ( Senior Product Manager of - Nokia, Qt
> Software ) QT is already delivered in too many builds. Each build has to be
> tested and require additional maintenance.
> So they chose what to build and what to skip. Not even all supported
> dynamic versions are built,
> for example 64 bit Windows version is not .
>
> Another issue is the way QT "Static" build is actually build, it is not
> static in the regular meaning of this word at least when build with MSVC
> under the Windows.
> QT still links vs dynamic CRTs, means you have deliver them with your
> project anyway. In addition if you have any other 3rd party static libraries
> you can't link against them because you will get MSVCRT conflict.
> It seems nobody cares about this, even though MSVC is claimed to be
> supported and nobody ever mentioned that you can't get static build of QT to
> work.
> I was surprised when I switched from QT3 to QT4 that it does not anymore,
> but that is how it is.
>
> I tried to enforce QT to use static CRTs, but got some unhandled exceptions
> in QT source.
> So I am not sure about your platform/compiler, but I would advise not to
> use static QT builds unless your application can't function otherwise.
>
>
> Regards,
>    Alex
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> qt-interest-bounces at trolltech.com] On Behalf Of Martin Gebert
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> Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Static library distribution
>
>
> > Why can't developers have an option to download either
> > dynamically or statically linked version of QT SDK?
> >
>
> I think it boils down to one point: The shared libs are less hassle for
> about everyone (esp. WRT plugins). If you need a static lib you can
> build it, deciding (having to...) what you need in and what you leave out.
>
> Martin
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