Re: bsdisks switched unconditionally to QT6

On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 10:14 AM Michael Butler
<imb@protected-networks.net> wrote:
>
> I have KDE5 installed; this pulls in devel/kf5-solid which has a
> dependency on sysutils/bsdisks like so ..
>
> imb@d5540:/usr/ports/devel/kf5-solid> less Makefile
> PORTNAME=       solid
> DISTVERSION=    ${KDE_FRAMEWORKS_VERSION}
> CATEGORIES=     devel kde kde-frameworks
>
> MAINTAINER=     kde@FreeBSD.org
> COMMENT=        KF5 hardware integration and detection
>
> RUN_DEPENDS=    bsdisks:sysutils/bsdisks
>
> USES=           bison cmake compiler:c++11-lib kde:5 qt:5 tar:xz
>
>   [ .. snip .. ]
>
> But after ..
>
> commit 91ee9ec8e0dbfa97b298e6498900938e71762837
> Date:   Tue May 21 21:38:37 2024 +0300
>
>      sysutils/bsdisks: Switch to Qt 6
>
>      PR:             279168
>
>   .. I now have to build and maintain *both* versions of QT.
>
> This makes no sense to me. Can this be fixed to build with just the
> installed version?
>
>         Michael
>

Qt5 is on its last leg and is in the process of being phased out, as
official support for even paying commercial consumers has less than a
year left. We at kde@ are actively trying to eliminate Qt5
dependencies as much as possible in the meantime to facilitate the
total transition to Qt6, so please forgive our dust. During this
transitionary period, users will likely have Qt5 and Qt6 modules
installed simultaneously. This entails many hours of *volunteer* work
from just a few people and we respectfully ask our users to please be
patient during the transition.

- Jason