[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 0/7] qt5 bump to 5.8.0-rc
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Dec 13 16:34:02 UTC 2016
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
> Hello,
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:15:37 +0100, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>> Related to that - With the move to GPLv3, should we keep v5.6 around
>> next to v5.8 for a while (as a version selection or separate packages)?
>>
>> Maintaining both is not really nice, but GPLv3 is an issue for some
>> people/companies.
> I agree that this license change can be an issue for some
> people/companies. However, for them, staying on Qt 5.6 is no a viable
> solution long term either, right.
No, indeed not - But it is something that there has been quite some
"noise" about in the news.
> Also, do we do this for Samba ? For gcc ? For the myriad of other
> projects that moved to GPLv3 ?
We kept the old samba package around for quite some time after adding
samba4, and we still have qt 4.x.
IANAL, but the GPLv3 issue is less a problem for the toolchain than for
libraries.
> Isn't it going to be a pain to maintain both versions in parallel? A
> Config.in choice doesn't get randomized on our autobuilders, so the
> older version would never be tested.
Yes, it is a pain. And introducing a separate BR2_PACKAGE_QT58 (or
whatever) package also isn't nice.
> So I'm not particularly thrilled with supporting both versions :/
Me neither, but it is something we need to decide about, which is why
I'm bringing the question.
What do others say? How is E.G. yocto handling it?
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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