[Slackbuilds-users] qt5 is sorely in need of an update

[David Woodfall]

On Monday 4 June 2018 11:15,
Harald Achitz <harald.achitz at gmail.com> put forth the proposition:
> If it doesn’t work with 5.9.x than it has a problem and is not worth using
> it

qutebrowser uses the latest features in qtwebengine. Some things like
URL regex for cookie control have only been added in qt 5.11. IIRC URL
regex for javascript control was added around 5.10.x or so.

> On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 at 06:15, David Woodfall <dave at dawoodfall.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sunday 3 June 2018 20:05,
> > Harald Achitz <harald.achitz at gmail.com> put forth the proposition:
> > > please do not got to an other developer version (5.10.x, 5.11.x) , use a
> > > LTS version, 5.6.x or, better , 5.9.x
> >
> > I can see the need for a separate dev version for qutebrowser.
> >
> > > Am So., 3. Juni 2018 um 07:28 Uhr schrieb David Woodfall <
> > > dave at dawoodfall.net>:
> > >
> > > > On Saturday 2 June 2018 21:31,
> > > > Larry Hajali <larryhaja at gmail.com> put forth the proposition:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Ah right. Qutebrowser uses python3-sip/python3-PyQt5 so I
> > haven't hit
> > > > > > > that problem.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > How about a separate sip package for python2 that can co-exist
> > with
> > > > > > > the stock version? It may be possible.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > Possibly, however, I don't have the time to investigate this.  If
> > someone
> > > > > wants to
> > > > > own that investigation and create a package, than I'm more than
> > happy to
> > > > > update
> > > > > qt5/PyQt5 packages.
> > > > >
> > > > > --Larry
> > > >
> > > > I will have a look gladly.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success
> > > >   -- Dennis M. Ritchie
> > > >
> > > >                                                             .--.  oo
> > > >                                                            (____)//
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > SlackBuilds-users mailing list
> > > > SlackBuilds-users at slackbuilds.org
> > > > https://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users
> > > > Archives - https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/
> > > > FAQ - https://slackbuilds.org/faq/
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > > I'm an idiot..  At least this [bug] took about 5 minutes to find..
> > Surely, Linus is talking about the kind of idiocy that others aspire to
> > :-).
> >   -- Bruce Perens in response to Linus Torvalds's
> >
> >                                                             .--.  oo
> >                                                            (____)//
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
> > _______________________________________________
> > SlackBuilds-users mailing list
> > SlackBuilds-users at slackbuilds.org
> > https://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users
> > Archives - https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/
> > FAQ - https://slackbuilds.org/faq/
> >
> >

--

/*
 * [...] Note that 120 sec is defined in the protocol as the maximum
 * possible RTT.  I guess we'll have to use something other than TCP
 * to talk to the University of Mars.
 * PAWS allows us longer timeouts and large windows, so once implemented
 * ftp to mars will work nicely.
 */
  -- from /usr/src/linux/net/inet/tcp.c, concerning RTT [round trip time]

                                                            .--.  oo
                                                           (____)//
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'