[MacPorts] #57536: suggestion: split off qt5-qtwebengine to a standalone port
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#57536: suggestion: split off qt5-qtwebengine to a standalone port
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Reporter: RJVB | Owner: (none)
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Keywords: | Port: t5-qtwebengine
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I just learned that the Qt devs are
> trying to support though is building a newer qtwebengine.git against
older Qt versions (usually last LTS).
> [...]
> But you can build qtwebengine 5.11 branch against Qt 5.9.
I haven't checked if QWE 5.11 also builds on all Mac OS versions where Qt
5.9 builds, but apart from that this is a pretty good reason to split off
the QWE subport and make it standalone. That way users can benefit from
the latest and thus most secure QWE.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/57536>
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