Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Qt for mingw-cross-env

[Mark Brand]

> > I have put together a makefile and patch for building Qt 4.6 "Technology
> > Preview 1" in mingw-cross-env.  Volker has a copy, and if he likes it I
> > hope it will find its way into the repo, be useful, and improve through
> > feedback.
> >      
> This is great news! I currently use the prebuilt MinGW version of Qt,
> but having a version in mingw-cross-env would simplify things a lot.
> And it's even statically linked :)
>
> Thanks for the work! I hope it will be included.
>
> Martin
>    

I am wondering if a statically linked Qt will actually be inconvenient 
for some people. This is because using statically linked Qt requires 
changes to your application source code if you use plugins.  This could 
be annoying to people that just want to build application packages.

Details are here:
http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.6-snapshot/plugins-howto.html#static-plugins

-Mark