[MacPorts] #54357: Qt5 : 5.9, 5.8 and Mac OS X 10.9

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#54357: Qt5 : 5.9, 5.8 and Mac OS X 10.9
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  Reporter:  RJVB    |      Owner:
      Type:  update  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports   |    Version:
Resolution:          |   Keywords:
      Port:  qt5*    |
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Comment (by ctreleaven):

 Replying to [comment:5 RJVB]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 ctreleaven]:
 > > It is already hard-enough to track down Qt-related issues on the Mac.
 >
 > Is it? Maybe on newer OS versions...

 I'm not sure where you were going with your unfinished sentence but, yes,
 it is hard enough:

 [https://github.com/macports/macports-
 ports/blob/master/multimedia/mythtv.28/files/patch-
 mythwidgets_osx_focus.diff]

 This trivial (4 line) patch represented a couple of days of researching
 and testing.

 There are still some UI glitches in MythTV on Mac that apparently don't
 occur on Linux.  All too often, the conversation goes like this:

 Me:  Myth on Mac does xxx.  This is with Qt 5.y.[[BR]]

 Upstream:  Blah, blah.  Are you using the official Qt distribution?  If
 building locally, do you have any patches?[[BR]]

 Me:  Using MacPorts distribution with minimal patches.[[BR]]

 Upstream:  Oh, the problem is likely your patches.  Prove the problem
 exists without them and maybe we can help.[[BR]]

 So, yes, I vote that we stay as close to vanilla as possible.

 Regarding 10.9 specifically, very, very few people have a compelling
 reason to NOT upgrade.  Almost all the same hardware runs at least 10.10
 and 10.11.  It is not like when people really wanted to get a couple more
 years out of 10.6 so they could run some old PPC program.  Let alone
 security updates.

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