[maemo-developers] Qt SDK beta, N900 PR1.2 and qt-mobility-examples

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Wednesday 26 May 2010 20:14:22 Andrea Grandi wrote:
> >  But why transition could not be smooth? Why not to wait with removal
> > before package is really available in Fremantle repository?
> >  I see it as an act of disrespect towards the community.
>
> not only for the community, but for developers too! I'm going to
> develop a Qt application that needs QtMobility package and wtf?! I've
> to wait because QtMobility package just disappeared? I'm very
> disappointed about this change. Fail imho.

I don't know the details (according to The Plan they should have been removed 
only after they appear in the Nokia repos). I'll check up on QtMobility's 
availability. I'm personally trying to coordinate efforts as community 
representative to make the transition as smooth as possible (a.k.a. if you 
only knew), so rest assured, there is certainly no disrespect and we're all 
aware of the issues and working on this, maemo.org staff, Nokia folks, Council 
members, even distantly related Debian people (special thanks to people in the 
above groups putting up with me and my constant nagging about these issues). 

Also, it has been mentioned several times, but let me reiterate in case 
someone missed it: 

libqt4-maemo5-* PACKAGES ARE OFFICIALLY DEPRECATED 

...as announced about a month ago (ditto for things depending on them). 
Developers working with Qt4.6 should use the libqt4-* packages (as shipped in 
PR1.2) EVEN IF THEY DO NOT WISH TO PROMOTE THEM. Nokians will upload libqt4-
experimental-* packages (containing Qt4.7) to extras-devel shortly, which will 
serve the development purposes. libqt4-maemo5-* naming is causing serious 
repository/promotion/confusion issues so these packages WILL BE REMOVED at 
some point in the not too distant future.


Regards,
Attila
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