[Qt-interest] QT windows visual studio 2008 version

[Oliver.Knoll at comit.ch]

Stephen Kelly wrote on Monday, July 05, 2010 12:47 AM:

> Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> However, we are considering dropping support for anything but the
>> latest when a new minor release comes out. The thinking about it is:
>> if you're going to upgrade Qt, then you may as well upgrade your
>> compiler. Like you said, you're not going to upgrade Qt in a late
>> stage of development. 
>> 
>> What's your reaction to that idea?
>> 
> 
> Additionally, if you're going to upgrade your compiler, you will
> presumably recompile your code. So why would Qt bother to keep binary
> compatibility between minor releases?  

Because of OSes which keep their Qt installation in a "well-known" location such as /usr/lib - and upgrading that library and making all applications fail is a no-go. 

So yes, "binary compatibility" is a Good Thing(tm).

Cheers, Oliver
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Oliver Knoll
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