[scribus] building 1.3.5.1 with Qt 4.4.3
Craig
cbradney at zip.com.au
Wed Sep 2 18:20:34 CEST 2009
John Culleton wrote:
> On Monday 31 August 2009 05:26:39 vwf wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am still running scribus 1.3.5 RC2 on Debian stable (Lenny)
>> because the are no new builds. The reason would be that the
> newer
>> scribus versions require Qt 4.5. Just to give it a try I changed
>> the cmake configuration back to Qt 4.4. It builds fine with a
> 'normal'
>> series of warnings, and it seems to run fine.
>>
>> Is Qt 4.5 really required, as set by the configuration, or Qt 4.4,
> as
>> described in all documents and confirmed by my very
> incomplete test?
>> Can I edit the same document with scribus 1.3.5RC2 and 1.3.5.1
> next to
>> each other?
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Frits
>>
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>
> I tried to compile the latest 1.3.5.1 with Qt 4.4 and it blew up of
> course. Even when I installed Qt 4.5 Scribus found 4.4 and
> wouldn't compile.
>
> I installed Slackware Linux 13 (which has QT 4.5) on a separate
> partition and 1.3.5.1 compiles OK.
>
> I do wonder if this chasing after the very latest version of Qt etc.
> adds sufficient value to make up for the frustration of users like
> you and me.
Those not wishing to chase versions can use the stable version of
Scribus. We want the newest features, and as soon as 4.6 comes out, we
will likely move to that very soon for OSX Snow Leopard compatibility.
Mind you, I did get a Cocoa Qt 4.5.2 version of 1.5.0svn to build and
run today.
Craig
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