14 May
2012
14 May
'12
6:48 p.m.
Do you have
the capability to build Kde3 on gcc 4.7
to test the kwrite issue.
I don't know if you have the same capabilities to build KDE
as you do TDE, but since I don't and since I haven't gotten a
confirmation from
the SuSE folks, I'm curious if building 3.5.10 will show the same crash.
If you
have the sources and build scripts for it, it is probably worth doing
just to see
if we can eliminate the tqtinterface code as a possible source. If it is
the
same crash in KDE as it is in TDE, then tqtinterface should be able to
be
eliminated.
In short, I have the capability, but I haven't tinkered with building
3.5.10 for a long time. Primary challenge is mental cobwebs. :-) Second,
although I have a collection of most of the 3.5.10 patches needed, I don't
have all and I don't have any of the 4.7 patches backported --- and
stripped of the TQt layer. Although Tim hasn't said
anything, I suspect we won't release R14.0.0 without finding a solution.
Further, we shouldn't release R14.0.0 without those patches because
shortly thereafter other distros will be moving to GCC 4.7. Without a fix
now, we would be forced into releasing R15 or R14.1.0. Better to fix the
problem in R14.0.0 now to provide us breathing room in the upcoming
months.
Here's my official statement: R14.0.0 will NOT be released until it builds
and functions under gcc 4.7.
Tim