The demos and examples of Qt 4 are not provided in compiled form

Bug #93384 reported by Shriramana Sharma
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qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: qt4-doc

The qt4-doc package is expected to contain the demos and examples such that they can be executed and tried out immediately. However, the demo sources are installed as a tarball at /usr/share/doc/qt4-doc/qt4-demos.tar.gz and the example sources at /usr/share/doc/qt4-doc/qt4-examples.tar.gz.

In contrast, the default Qt 4 compile using ./configure, make does compile these packages and presumably make install would install the demos and examples in binary form. (I didn't try make install for fear of mucking up my debianised install.)

Therefore I submit that the Qt 4 demos and examples should be provided in compiled form in the qt4-doc package or maybe as two separate binary packages - qt4-demos and qt4-examples (or maybe qt4-demos-and-examples). The sources of course should be included with the qt4-doc package since they are meant for learning Qt but preferrably do NOT ship them in tarballs. The deb format already tar-gz-es the data so there is no space gain.

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Shriramana Sharma (jamadagni) wrote :

Just in case some other files are not compiled by the debianised package, I herewith attach some files that may help in identifying such errors. I realize what I have supplied is overkill but I felt like doing it since I don't want Kubuntu's Qt packages to be in any way crippled.

Changed in qt4-x11:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Rich Johnson (nixternal) wrote :

Confirming

Changed in qt4-x11:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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teofilis (teofilis) wrote :

I also agree

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ozone baby (evilguard) wrote :

the wish was assigned year ago, but it still the same :(

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Terence Simpson (tsimpson) wrote :

That's because wishlist bugs have the lowest priority.

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Shriramana Sharma (jamadagni) wrote :

I'm the Reporter Of The Bug. All hail. :)

This bug can be closed in Ubuntu after sync with Debian. The following blog entry by the Debian package maintainer says that examples and demos are compiled from 4.4 RC onwards:

http://fboudra.free.fr/wordpress/?p=16

See also:
http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/qt4-x11
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/q/qt4-x11/qt4-x11_4.4.0~rc1-4/changelog

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Shriramana Sharma (jamadagni) wrote :

Demos and examples are provided in the qt4-demos packages since 4.4.0~beta1-1 of upstream. So closing as "fix released".

Changed in qt4-x11:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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