[Gambas-user] Question on gb.gui.qt switcher component and packager

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 15/12/2015 00:54, Benoît Minisini a écrit :
> Le 14/12/2015 22:52, willy at ...3474... a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> As I have been developing my Gambas3 applications mainly (all except 1)
>> with gb.qt4 component.
>> Now, I am facing a problem with the qt5 being rolled out several recent
>> distro's, when at the same time the older LTS (so, still supported
>> distros) are still on qt4.
>>
>> So, packaging my application with qt4 will not install them on distros
>> with qt5, I presume.
>>
>> Now I noticed that the gb.gui.qt switcher component can help out there.
>> As, I run an older distro that uses qt4, I suppose when using
>> qt-switcher component instead of qt4, the application, when packaged
>> will install on both qt4 and qt5 systems.
>>
>> Am I corrert assuming above?
>>
>> When making a package (debian/ubuntu) of an application with gb.gui.qt
>> switcher component (see screen01) I see that I have 1 .deb package. I
>> like that a lot.
>>
>> But when looking in the control file of the .deb I do not see any
>> dependency on qt? (see screen02)
>>
>> So, how will the distro upon installing know that it needs to use one of
>> the available qt version, instead of gtk or gtk3?
>>
>> Shouldn't there be something in the control file like:
>>
>> gambas3-gb-qt4 (>=3.8) | gambas3-gb-qt5 (>=3.8))
>>
>> in the sence that one qt excludes the other qt version, but qt will be
>> used for sure and not gtk/gtk3?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> gbWilly
>>
>
> It's a feature I forgot to implement when using "gb.gui.qt", but that
> exists when using "gb.gui".
>
> Check "gb.gui" instead of "gb.gui.qt", and the packager will create for you:
> - One package for your application.
> - One dummy package for each GUI component.
>
> That way, the user can install your application, and then the dummy
> package for the GUI he wants to use.
>
> Regards,
>

Problem fixed in revision #7525. 'gb.gui.qt' is now correctly handled by 
the packager.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini