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Em 30-12-2009 15:14, Ben de Groot escreveu: |
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> As announced 5 months ago[1], Gentoo's Qt team now officially |
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> deprecates usage of x11-libs/qt:3 and packages depending on this |
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> version of Qt. The only supported and maintained version of Qt, both |
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> by the upstream developers (Nokia) and the Gentoo Qt Project, is now |
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> only version 4 (specifically >=4.5.3). As a result we have decided on |
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> a policy and timeline for the removal of qt:3 and ebuilds depending on |
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> it. We are dedicated to do anything we reasonably can to make sure |
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> that Qt4 versions or equivalents of the remaining Qt3 packages in the |
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> portage tree are available. The deprecated ebuilds for qt:3, and |
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> packages using it, will remain available in the community-maintained |
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> kde-sunset overlay. |
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> |
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> # Timeline # |
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> 2010-01-01: |
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> * mark qt:3 as deprecated with ewarn |
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> * mask qt3 useflag in profiles |
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> * add ewarn to qt3.eclass with link to removal policy |
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> * prepare news item about qt:3 deprecation and future removal |
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> 2010-01-21: |
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> * Qt team meeting: discuss actions to be taken regarding remaining |
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> pkgs that use qt:3 |
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> 2010-02-21: |
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> * mask qt:3 and depending ebuilds, pending removal |
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> 2010-03-21: |
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> * remove qt:3 and depending ebuilds from the tree |
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> * remove masks |
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> * clean profiles from qt3 remnants |
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> * mark qt3.eclass as deprecated pending later removal |
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> # Policy for remaining ebuilds depending on qt:3 # |
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> * if Qt3 optional, remove this option |
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> * if Qt4 depending version stable, remove Qt3 depending versions |
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> * if Qt4 depending version in testing, mark stable, then remove older versions |
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> * if no Qt4 version in tree, get Qt4 version in testing by 2010-01-21 |
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> and stable by 2010-02-21 |
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> * if no Qt4 version exists, check for equivalent/replacement packages, |
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> and mask by 2010-02-21 |
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> Note: for packages that currently have no version marked stable, the |
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> references to stabling Qt4 versions obviously don't apply. |
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> 1: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev-announce/msg_d851e05567d538b662f34de8dfdb7316.xml |
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> Cheers, |
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A question: |
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My systems don't use qt3 use flag since six months ago, but using |
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qt3support USE FLAG. It's sane keep this flag set in make.conf? |
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Thanks for now. |
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p.s.: sorry if this is not the place to this question. |
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