[mythtv] Building myth against qt5.8

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On 01/02/17 14:22, Roger James wrote:
> On 1 February 2017 11:32:31 am Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/02/17 07:31, Roger James wrote:
>>>
>>> So QtWebKit from Qt disappears after 5.5. Ubuntu 17.04 freezes in two
>>> weeks time with qt5.7.
>>>
>>> Looks like if I want to test Qt > 5.5 on current Ubuntu 16.04 I will
>>> have use Ubuntu's own qt5Webkit5 source package and build that against
>>> the newer Qt install.
>>>
>>> Oh joy.
>>>
>>> I was only trying to get past what appears to be a Qt 5.5 related
>>> mythfrontend crash.
>>>
>>> Or am I missing something here?
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>
>> I don't follow Ubuntu development. Has it been verified Ubuntu 17.04
>> will use Qt5.7 and wont be providing packages for QtWebkit?
>>
>> I know several devs are using various derivatives of Ubuntu up to 16.10
>> which does have QtWebkit available (I've used Kubuntu 16.10 and
>> Mythbuntu 16.10 without any problems).
>>
>> Paul H.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Package qt5-default
> 
> trusty (14.04LTS) (libs): Qt 5 development defaults package 
> 5.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu14.3 [security]: amd64 i386 
> 5.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu14 [ports]: arm64 armhf powerpc ppc64el
> 
> trusty-updates (libs): Qt 5 development defaults package 
> 5.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu14.3: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 powerpc ppc64el
> 
> xenial (16.04LTS) (libs): Qt 5 development defaults package [universe] 
> 5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 powerpc ppc64el s390x
> 
> xenial-updates (libs): Qt 5 development defaults package [universe] 
> 5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7.2: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 powerpc ppc64el s390x
> 
> yakkety (16.10) (libs): Qt 5 development defaults package [universe] 
> 5.6.1+dfsg-3ubuntu6~4: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 powerpc ppc64el s390x
> 
> zesty (libs): Qt 5 development defaults package [universe] 
> 5.7.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2~1: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 powerpc ppc64el s390x
> 
> The upstream for the qt5webkit5 is not Qt.io but somewhere in the KDE
> trees.
> 
> WebKit.org has this statement
> 
> "QT is no longer a supported port of WebKit since 2013. This document is
> retained for historical reasons only. For further information, please
> consult ​http://www.qt.io/"
> 
> I have just got work out why my 16.10 system still has qt5.5 on it.
> 
> Then backport the 17.04 WebKit package on to it.
> 
> 
> Sorry about the delay in posting this. I forgot to hit send and then
> went out to walk the dog.
> 
> Yes panic over. Just need something for 16.04 and 16.10 until 17.04 is
> released.
> 

Live on the edge, upgrade to 17.04 testing :-p

Regards
Stuart