On 3/8/20 1:28 pm, Ben Hutchings wrote: (topic of making a gtk2 v Qt5 ...) > I am only talking about what should be done in an official Debian > package here. It you build a generic binary for Linux then Gtk+ 2 may > well be the better option. I am talking specificially about Buster and Bullseye, in their default install both arrive with GTK2 installed but not Qt5. Qt5 is a 50Meg to 65Meg addition and nullifies tomboy-ng's claim its a small install at only 5Meg. I would prefer to offer (via eg backports) both gtk2 and Qt5. For an install that does not already have GTK2, then Qt5 is a no brainer, GTK2 is a 200Meg install. But right now, GTK2 seems to be staying with us. I have tested my build scripts, a one line change is all thats needed. (topic of 32bit Qt5 Lazarus apps) > Debian has it for 32-bit and 64-bit Arm and x86 architectures, plus > 32-bit MIPS. Its common knowledge that Lazarus Qt5 on 32bit Linux is not practicable. But I don't know why. So, built a VM and, as you suggest, there is no problem at all. So, like a lot of common knowledge, its wrong ! I have corrected the Lazarus wiki on that subject. So, no blocker at all to providing Qt5 64/32 bit packages. I have not worked with MIPS for a long time and not yet tried anything aarch64, RasPi still using a 32bit OS. > You should probably join the debian-mentors mailing list and send any > questions there. Yes, I am sure you are right and thanks for the advice. And thanks for opening my eyes wrt 32bit Qt ! Davo
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