[mythtv-users] Qt 5.9

[Tom Dexter]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 6:50 AM, Stuart Auchterlonie
<stuarta at squashedfrog.net> wrote:
> On 10/04/18 21:13, Tom Dexter wrote:
>>
>>
>> Quick question on this one: From what I'm finding, a recompile for
>> that version upgrade should only be needed it private headers are
>> being used(?). Is that correct, and does MythTV use them at all?
>>
>
> We shouldn't be using any private headers from Qt,
> and i'm not aware of any being used.
>
> You definitely won't need a rebuild within the same
> Qt minor version. eg Qt 5.9.3 -> 5.9.4.
>
> The switch between Qt 5.7 -> 5.9 "in theory" you could
> get away without a rebuild if the ABI doesn't change.
>
> However it's between the minor releases that Qt deprecates
> (but not removes) functionality, which is why the recommendation is
> always to rebuild on a minor version change.
>
>
>
> Regards
> Stuart

Thanks for the clarification. I'm going to recompile after the update
and will change the Gentoo ebuild to do so in the future.

Thanks again!
Tom