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From: Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up: KDE 4.3 does *not* work OK with Qt 4.6
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:04:22
Message-Id: 200912151917.21139.dirk.heinrichs@online.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Heads up: KDE 4.3 does *not* work OK with Qt 4.6 by Nikos Chantziaras
1 Am Dienstag 15 Dezember 2009 17:23:34 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
2 > I read on various blogs (especially Gentoo-related :P) that "KDE 4.3.4
3 > works just fine with Qt 4.6".
4
5 Well, it does. For me.
6
7 > If you were about to upgrade, spare yourselves some headaches. It does
8 > not work "just fine." On first sight, it does seem to work, but if you
9 > look a bit better, it does not. Symptoms of using KDE 4.3 with Qt 4.6:
10 >
11 > * Logging out of KDE takes half a minute.
12
13 Maybe, didn't measure the time.
14
15 > * Amarok takes ages to load.
16
17 Yes.
18
19 > * The text on (Oxygen) push buttons is not centered.
20
21 It is here.
22
23 > * Fonts and shapes appear somewhat messed up (e.g., the tray clock).
24
25 Not here. Tray clock sometimes messed up with TQ 4.5, too.
26
27 > * Global shortcuts (like CTRL+ESC to start "System Activity") stop
28 > working after a few hours of uptime.
29
30 Works fine here, even after days of uptime.
31
32 > There might be more, but I didn't stay around long enough to find out.
33 > I reverted to Qt 4.5. Note that I *did* a full rebuild of all packages
34 > that depend on Qt, including all of KDE of course ("equery depends" is
35 > your friend).
36 >
37 > Bottom line, KDE 4.3 *does* work with Qt 4.6, but it does *not* work
38 > "just fine" (there's a big difference between "works" and "works fine").
39
40 And there's also a big difference between "works fine for me" and "works fine for
41 you", it seems ;)
42
43 Bye...
44
45 Dirk

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[gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: KDE 4.3 does *not* work OK with Qt 4.6 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>