[osg-users] Linux packaging: Qt 4 vs 5

[Alberto Luaces]

Hi Stuart,

Stuart Mentzer writes:

> Hello,
>
> The OpenSceneGraph-qt/-devel (OSG 3.4.0) packages on Fedora 24 are
> built against Qt 4. I'm wondering if that is suggested by OSG (maybe
> due to the single thread restriction on Qt 5) or is the choice of the
> Fedora packager. 
>

I think the main reason is to support existing code using OSG and Qt4 on
their repositories.  However, I expect all distributions to begin
shipping OSG and Qt5 since Qt4 is fading away.

>
> I am able to run our OSG applications with Qt 5 on Windows and I'd
> like to try it on Linux to see if we can transition off Qt 4. Would it
> make sense to request OpenSceneGraph-qt5 packages be added by the main
> distros? (I am assuming those are the only OSG packages with Qt
> dependencies.) If so, how best to do that?

Personally I think that it would make sense.  You would usually file a
bug report against the OSG package.  For example, Debian has a
"wish-list" category for that kind of petitions.  You could also address
the maintainer personally.

-- 
Alberto