Re: qt + gl + problems + etc...
Good point! Maybe, use the debconf warning, but attach it to a
"libqt-gl-dev" package, that those who are going to be compiling their own
software will need to install, but a normal user wouldn't. I'm just trying
to make your job easier :-) It's not like you don't have a ton of emails to
wade through anyways......
As for beta1, I'm looking forwards to it B-)
David
On Wednesday 27 June 2001 20:46, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> well..doing a debconf warning won't do any good for the maintainers of
> the packages. It'll only annoy any users who install the library. I'm
> expecting that people will file bug reports rather quickly that apps fail
> and the maintainers will come yell at me and all will eventually be good.
>
> new maintainers will find out by reading documentation or asking me.
>
> as for 2.2...beta1 is really nice. kdelibs is in incoming and kdebase is
> on it's way up right now.
>
> Ivan
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:10:45PM -0600, David Bishop wrote:
> > Sounds great. Though I'm sure you've thought of it, maybe have one of
> > those "notes" that dpkg uses when a user install libqt-gl, saying VERY
> > LOUDLY that they'll have to change the linking option for any qt-gl apps,
> > and emails it to them if they have their priority level too high. Other
> > than that (and the fact that my home desktop can't install 2.2 yet,
> > missing kdelibs3
> >
> > >=4:2.2-cvsfoo-1 in unstable) and I'm *really* liking this new kde :-)
> > > I've
> >
> > been running the alpha at work for the last week (from
> > people.debian.org), and aside from konq's tendency to wonk out at
> > seeminly random places once a day, it's very nice. Please keep up the
> > good work!
> >
> > Many Thanks,
> >
> > D.A.Bishop
> >
> > On Wednesday 27 June 2001 17:57, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> > > Ok...so with kde 2.2 mostly uploaded (some bits already installed) to
> > > sid I turned focus to QT again especially since I've personally had
> > > many crashes of konsole due to the whole GL bit.
> > >
> > > so this lead me to a immediate solution. I still do not like this
> > > solution however this is one that I am comfortable in sticking with if
> > > a proper one does not arise before woody's release.
> > >
> > > so your asking...what's the solution???
> > >
> > > well...a libqt2-gl package...but not like before. I have created a
> > > completely seperate source package (qt-x11-gl) which builds 2 packages:
> > > libqt2-gl and libqt-gl-dev. The actual qt library it creates also has
> > > been changed. Instead of it providing /usr/lib/libqt.so.* I've renamed
> > > the library to libqt-gl so that it can co-exist with a normal
> > > (non-gl'd) qt library.
> > >
> > > So..what does this do for everyone you might ask?
> > >
> > > allows packages that do not need the GL bits of QT to not have to
> > > deal with a library with them compiled in nor the issues surrounding QT
> > > + GL + threads. (short answer on this...flash plugin works, no more
> > > konsole crashes, etc...) This also allows for applications that do need
> > > GL support to still exist within the distribution. (oh yea..and the
> > > pure_virtual problems *should* go away)
> > >
> > >
> > > So..what's the drawbacks you might ask?
> > >
> > > 1: (obvious) yet another package (well 2)...not really that big of
> > > a deal 2: anyone who wants their package to link to the GL'd version of
> > > QT *must* modify their build process to link to libqt-gl instead of
> > > libqt. ( "-lqt-gl" instead of "-lqt")
> > >
> > > Overall I think this will be a good solution until someone comes up
> > > with another better solution. I'm sure I'll get several bug reports
> > > from people saying their GL based apps broke and then I'll hear them
> > > gripe when I tell them they need to install libqt-gl-dev and modify
> > > their source.
> > >
> > > any major issues before I upload the new packages?
> > >
> > > Ivan
> >
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