Re: [gentoo-user] Qt3 deprecated, but Qt4 still not x86 (only ~x86)???

[Mark Knecht]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Stroller
<stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Upgrading some packages today I saw:
>
> Qt3 is deprecated and unsupported, both upstream and by the Gentoo Qt
> Project. x11-libs/qt:3 will be removed from portage soon. See
> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_f988855f798764822704bbbd743ab6f7.xml
> You are encouraged to use Qt4 instead.
>
> However when I try to resolve this, I find that only 3.3 versions are marked
> as stable:
>
> $ eix x11-libs/qt$
> [I] x11-libs/qt
>     Available versions:
>        (3)     3.3.8b-r1 3.3.8b-r2
>        (4)     [M]4.5.3 [M]~4.6.1
>        {cups dbus debug doc examples firebird immqt immqt-bc ipv6 kde mysql
> nas nis odbc opengl postgres qt3support sqlite xinerama}
>     Installed versions:  3.3.8b-r2(3)(14:05:56 10/02/10)(cups doc examples
> -debug -firebird -immqt -immqt-bc -ipv6 -mysql -nas -nis -odbc -opengl
> -postgres -sqlite -xinerama)
>     Homepage:            http://qt.nokia.com/
>     Description:         The Qt toolkit is a comprehensive C++ application
> development framework
>
> $
>
>
> Is anyone else seeing this, please?
>
> The message posted to Gentoo-dev suggests that Qt3 is going away right about
> NOW, but this doesn't seem to add up to what I'm seeing.
>
> Thanks in advance for any comments,
>
> Stroller.
>
>
>

I seem to have them both installed with only my old version of MYthTV
requiring qt-3.3.8

- Mark

firefly distfiles # eix -Ic qt
[I] dev-python/PyQt4 (4.6.2@02/03/10): A set of Python bindings for
the Qt toolkit
[I] virtual/poppler-qt4 (0.12.3-r1@02/04/10): Virtual package,
includes packages that contain libpoppler-qt4.so
[I] x11-libs/qt (3.3.8b-r2(3)@01/30/10): The Qt toolkit is a
comprehensive C++ application development framework
[I] x11-libs/qt-core (4.5.3-r2(4)@01/31/10): The Qt toolkit is a
comprehensive C++ application development framework
[I] x11-libs/qt-dbus (4.5.3-r1(4)@01/31/10): The DBus module for the Qt toolkit
[I] x11-libs/qt-gui (4.5.3-r2(4)@01/31/10): The GUI module for the Qt toolkit
[I] x11-libs/qt-opengl (4.5.3-r1(4)@02/03/10): The OpenGL module for
the Qt toolkit
[I] x11-libs/qt-qt3support (4.5.3(4)@02/02/10): The Qt3 support module
for the Qt toolkit
[I] x11-libs/qt-script (4.5.3-r1(4)@01/31/10): The ECMAScript module
for the Qt toolkit
[I] x11-libs/qt-sql (4.5.3(4)@01/31/10): The SQL module for the Qt toolkit
[I] x11-libs/qt-svg (4.5.3-r1(4)@02/03/10): The SVG module for the Qt toolkit
[I] x11-libs/qt-test (4.5.3-r1(4)@02/03/10): The testing framework
module for the Qt toolkit
[I] x11-libs/qt-webkit (4.5.3(4)@02/03/10): The Webkit module for the Qt toolkit
Found 13 matches.
firefly distfiles # equery depends =x11-libs/qt-3.3.8b-r2
[ Searching for packages depending on =x11-libs/qt-3.3.8b-r2... ]
media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p20877 (>=x11-libs/qt-3.3:3[mysql,opengl])
x11-themes/mythtv-themes-0.21_p16505 (>=x11-libs/qt-3.3:3)
firefly distfiles #