Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-05 Thread André Pönitz
3.hgKzyLeXCm@patux.local; Interests Qt > > Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+ > > > > > > >Qt 5.6 is for those who cannot upgrade. If you can upgrade, upgrade. > > > > >>How (un)likely is it that one can remain locked into 5.6 because o

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-05 Thread Roland Hughes
I ran it with what is currently in the Pi repos. The code is in the blog post: http://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/raspberry-qt-part-12-qml-blows-big-stinky-chunks/ Feel free to pull down the QML version and run whatever tests you want. Scan back to this post: ht

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-04 Thread Sze Howe Koh
On 5 September 2016 at 02:13, Roland Hughes wrote: > I just ran a simple QML project test on the Raspberry Pi: > http://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/raspberry-qt-part-12-qml-blows-big-stinky-chunks/ > Yimminy is it a resource pig. Would you be willing to re-run your t

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-04 Thread Roland Hughes
Qt 5.6 is for those who cannot upgrade. If you can upgrade, upgrade. How (un)likely is it that one can remain locked into 5.6 because of dependent code that doesn't build against 5.7+? Qt's backward compatibility principle should prevent that, no? It is extremely likely for development to rem

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-04 Thread Tuukka Turunen
> -Original Message- > From: Interest [mailto:interest-bounces+tuukka.turunen=qt.io@qt- > project.org] On Behalf Of Roland Hughes > Sent: sunnuntaina 4. syyskuuta 2016 21.14 > To: 2202873.hgKzyLeXCm@patux.local; Interests Qt project.org> > Subject: Re: [Inter

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-04 Thread Roland Hughes
Qt 5.6 is for those who cannot upgrade. If you can upgrade, upgrade. How (un)likely is it that one can remain locked into 5.6 because of dependent code that doesn't build against 5.7+? Qt's backward compatibility principle should prevent that, no? It is extremely likely for development to

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-04 Thread Thiago Macieira
Em domingo, 4 de setembro de 2016, às 13:01:00 CEST, René J. V. Bertin escreveu: > Thiago Macieira wrote: > > Qt 5.6 is for those who cannot upgrade. If you can upgrade, upgrade. > > How (un)likely is it that one can remain locked into 5.6 because of > dependent code that doesn't build against 5.

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-04 Thread René J . V . Bertin
Thiago Macieira wrote: > Qt 5.6 is for those who cannot upgrade. If you can upgrade, upgrade. How (un)likely is it that one can remain locked into 5.6 because of dependent code that doesn't build against 5.7+? Qt's backward compatibility principle should prevent that, no? R. _

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-04 Thread Thiago Macieira
Em domingo, 4 de setembro de 2016, às 09:51:19 CEST, René J. V. Bertin escreveu: > It's been suggested that the LTS version might be provided as a "calm" > option while 5.7+ see significant Wayland development. In itself that > sounds like a plausible idea, but maybe not so much for Wayland suppor

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-04 Thread René J . V . Bertin
Thiago Macieira wrote: > Em sábado, 3 de setembro de 2016, às 19:00:03 CEST, René J.V. Bertin escreveu: >> Hi, >> >> A bit of an existential question: to what extent should distributions and >> distribution systems (which can target multiple OS/versions) be prepared to >> provide 5.6 and 5.7+ alo

Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-03 Thread Thiago Macieira
Em sábado, 3 de setembro de 2016, às 19:00:03 CEST, René J.V. Bertin escreveu: > Hi, > > A bit of an existential question: to what extent should distributions and > distribution systems (which can target multiple OS/versions) be prepared to > provide 5.6 and 5.7+ alongside (as drop-in alternatives

[Interest] Qt 5.6LTS vs 5.7+

2016-09-03 Thread René J . V . Bertin
Hi, A bit of an existential question: to what extent should distributions and distribution systems (which can target multiple OS/versions) be prepared to provide 5.6 and 5.7+ alongside (as drop-in alternatives or otherwise)? Thanks, René ___ Interest