X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,TW_BQ,TW_IB,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Subject: Re: Qt Creator & static libqt-mt.a From: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:41:12 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: <1310452987 DOT 8576 DOT 47 DOT camel AT YAAKOV04> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1310524874.3528.8.camel@YAAKOV04> Mime-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 13:23 -0400, Phil Bouchard wrote: > 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. You don't need to distribute the Qt DLLs, just have your users get them from the distro. > Plugins are needed only for drivers, fancy fonts, etc. not for a standard application. False. While some plugins can be builtin to the libraries, the following absolutely require plugin support: - CJK language support, - QML (QtDeclarative), - QCA, - QtDesigner widgets, - Phonon, - third-party QStyle engines, - and last, but not least, KDE. Yaakov Cygwin/X -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple