[Qt-interest] Qt Redist

[Mihail Naydenov]

----- Original Message ----

> From: Ian Clark <mrrooster at gmail.com>
> To: Mihail Naydenov <mlists at ymail.com>
> Cc: Constantin Makshin <cmakshin at gmail.com>; Qt Interest 
><qt-interest at trolltech.com>
> Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 4:51:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Qt Redist
> 
> On 29 November 2010 07:56, Mihail Naydenov <mlists at ymail.com> wrote:
> > Point  taken, thank you.
> >
> [snip Qt versions]
> 
> If you really want to cut  down your download size you could have your
> installer perform a check for the  necessary libraries and download the
> framework as part of the installer if  they're not already present.
> Then users upgrading could have a small download  when you don't change
> the version of Qt/runtime you ship.
> 
> FWIW though  I ship both the Vis Studio runtime and Qt with my windows
> app. I think the  extra size is worth the fact that it 'just works'
> rather than having to  ensure they've previously installed the correct
> visual studio  runtime.

Considering you supply the executable, why do you need both?

Thanks
MihailNaydenov

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ian
>