Re: [PATCH] Add SimpleDSO.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 06:22:17PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>> Hi Guix,
>> 
>> this patch adds a tool to display waveforms from my digital storage
>> oscilloscope.  The package definition is a bit ugly because upstream
>> doesn’t really have a good build system.
>
> Does it really require qt-4? We removed python2-qt-4 in 3297deedd.

Oh, that’s where it’s gone.  Yes, it actually requires qt-4.

> AFAICT qt-4 is abandoned by the Qt project and does not receive security
> updates.
>
> https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_project_security_policy
>
> I didn't test the build yet, because Hydra doesn't have a qt-4
> substitute available.

How do other distributions handle this?  Do they backport fixes to Qt 4?

~~ Ricardo