[Releasing] Qt 4.8.6 Release Candidate available

[Tim Blechmann]

>>> If blocker issues for Qt 4.8.6 release are found please report those
>>> to bugreports.qt-project.org and raise issue also on
>>> releasing at qt-project.org before Monday 7th
>>> of April.
>>
>> not sure, if current microsoft compilers are supported, but webkit
>> currently does not compile with msvc-2012 and msvc-2013:
>>
>> one issue:
>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-31882
> 
> The fix for which was rejected.

was this the only way to fix this?


>> as a second issue, msvc-2013 does support c99, so some methods in
>> WTF/MathExtras.h trigger multiple definitions.
>>
>> ... would be great if both issues could be addressed.
> 
> Not going to happen for 4.8.6. Both MSVC 2012 and 2013 did not exist when 
> 4.8.0 was released, so they have a slightly lower level of support than 2010.
> 
> When the fixes for those compilers are created, we'll point people to it. 
> You'll need to patch Qt for it.

well, i've already patched my qt to compile, which is fine for me ...
but i could imagine that it will help some other people who want to use
qt-4.8 with recent msvc ...

tim