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Subject: Re: Qt Creator & static libqt-mt.a
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:23:35 -0400
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On 7/12/2011 2:43 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>
> Why?  A static Qt means no plugins, which is pretty worthless.

Distributing a standalone executable is much simpler than distributing 
an archive full of DLLs.  Plugins are needed only for drivers, fancy 
fonts, etc. not for a standard application.


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