[maemo-developers] QT Packages, Repositories and PR1.2

[From: Daniil Ivanov]

Hi Felipe!

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Felipe Crochik <felipe at crochik.com> wrote:
> I am trying to understand why we can’t just upload the qt 4.6 deb files used
> by scratchbox to “extras-development” so anybody can easily have access to
> applications developed using qt4.6

These are packages used by scratchbox.
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/q/qt4-x11/

>  I understand that maybe some of the new
> “standard” qt4.6 may not work until PR1.2 is out but I haven’t seen any
> actual reports of anything that doesn’t work or works worst than the current
> qt4-maemo5 version.
>
>
>
> Right now, as far as I can tell:
>
> -          If you use the “old” standard 4.5.3 packages you can’t use the
> new 4.6 features including the maemo5 lib.
>
> -          If you use the new “standard” 4.6 packages the users won’t be
> able to install on their devices because they won’t have the qt 4.6 until PR
> 1.2 is out.
>
> -          If you use qt4-maemo5 packages your application will be blocked
> from moving to testing and we will have to submit new packages once PR1.2 is
> out.
>
Well, testing is blocked, that's true.
>
> Am I correct on this summary?
>
>
>
> I saw a thread on talk.maemo.org about adding the repository used by the qt
> sdk to get the new qt4.6 but it is very dangerous for most users.
>
>
>
> Can anybody help me find the answer to these questions?
>
>
>
> What happens if two people submit packages with the same name to the
> “extras-development”?
> What happens if a package with the same name exists on different
> repositories?
> any other reason (legal, technical, ..) why one of us can’t submit the deb
> files to extras-devel? Would/could we upload them as non-free to make
> easier?
>
>
>
> I assume that the package dependencies use the package name and version so
> if we preserve the qt packages names once PR1.2 is out we would not have any
> issues… in fact people would not even have to update them until a new
> version is out.
>
>
>
> Felipe
>
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