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Re:Qt 5.15 LTS by de_watcher on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:46AM (#23323096)
> Installation of Qt binaries will require a Qt Account

Distributions ship binaries with OS anyways. You won't have to build it yourself.

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Re:Qt 5.15 LTS by vetinari on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:28AM (#23323835)
Opensource doesn't mean Linux distributions only.

Project like VLC or QGIS have releases not only for Linux, but for Windows and Mac too.

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Re:Qt 5.15 LTS by de_watcher on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:58AM (#23334309)
Well, when you target Windows or Mac it's a mess anyway: when your project reaches certain level of complexity then you probably build Qt alongside with it.

But I think that adding friction to the "download binaries from some site" is doing nothing more than alienating Windows developers. Qt just must add something like "Sign in with Google/Facebook with one click" because this audience cares about convenience.

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Re:Qt 5.15 LTS by pritambaral on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:00PM (#23329910)
Don't those platforms have their own package distributions? macOS has homebrew, and I hear Windows has a few.
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