[gentoo-user] Re: Changing dependencies without upping version ??

[Michael Palimaka <kensington@gentoo.org>]

On 09/26/2017 03:03 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 2017-09-25 22:24, Michael Palimaka wrote:
> 
>> I see a few complaints in this thread, but nobody so far has
>> elaborated on the problem they have with this change.
> 
> The problem is that if I want to complete the upgrade the way portage
> suggests, I have to (newly) allow in and time-consumingly build _all_
> the qt5 core libraries, since they depend on one another in nearly
> circular fashion, and the updated qtcustomplot becomes the "camel's
> nose".
> 
> I dealt with this by unmerging the few qt using apps I had installed and
> finding alternatives for them.  Some of the alternatives are inferior,
> but it beats this "eternal transition" qt stuff.  I'll make a prediction
> but I don't expect anyone to bet: by the time all useful packages
> migrate to qt5, the qt6 transition will already be in full swing.
> 

If the only argument is you don't want to upgrade, I'm afraid there's
not much we can do to help you.

The reality is that Qt 4 has not been maintained for over 2 years and is
starting to break in worse and worse ways. As we do not have the
resources to maintain a local fork, we have no choice but to follow
upstream's decision to kill it off.