[Qt-interest] Qt Redist

[Konrad Rosenbaum]

On Friday 26 November 2010 15:51:34 Mihail Naydenov wrote:
> I know the answer, but still, I will ask.
> 
> Is there any Qt redistributable package for the end users  - much like
>  every major framework (java,.net, air etc)
> 
> Or the question is "Why isn't there"?

It would be less useful than you would think. Qt has many valid, but binary 
incompatible configurations, while VM languages like Java or .NET have only one 
configuration (plus some extras or minus a mobile edition).

Open Source on Linux: if it is part of the distribution, it will usually build 
against the version delivered by the Distributor. So there is no need for a 
Nokia supplied redistributable, because the Distributor takes care of it. If 
built from source it will use whatever the one building wants to use.

Open Source on other platforms: either works as above or is not a big enough 
problem to provide this service. See also below.

Commercial developers: will usually either just put the SDK version or their 
specially configured/patched version into the installation package. In either 
case they usually want to make sure they have full control over which version 
is used with their software.

Especially on systems (like Windows) that do not have a proper package manager 
it is much more painful to force users to install another package before being 
able to install the target application than just installing the needed 
libraries right with the application. Memory is cheap. At least the users 
memory from the point of view of the developer... ;-)

This just leaves the occasional Java or .NET convert to wonder why things are 
different in the C++ universe... ;-)


	Konrad
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