Qt Maintenance Tool just upgraded itself and QtCreator to incompatible versions (macOS 10.15)
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The latest binaries being released by the Qt project have dropped support for macOS versions earlier than macOS 11. That's fine, but the versions that DO run on macOS 10.x apparently also have no qualms about installing updates to incompatible versions.
(An OS version compatibility check prior to offering incompatible updates for install would've been a nice thought, but c'est la vie.)
As a result, as of my latest Maintenance Tool update run, I now have a QtCreator binary and a Maintenance Tool binary that refuse to run on the system they're installed to.
The currently-available Online Installer download is, naturally, also affected by this.
Are older versions of these tools downloadable somewhere, or am I stuck now having to build & install all of Qt from source, on macOS 10.15.
(Updating the OS is unfortunately not currently an option, believe me I would if I could!)
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The latest binaries being released by the Qt project have dropped support for macOS versions earlier than macOS 11. That's fine, but the versions that DO run on macOS 10.x apparently also have no qualms about installing updates to incompatible versions.
(An OS version compatibility check prior to offering incompatible updates for install would've been a nice thought, but c'est la vie.)
As a result, as of my latest Maintenance Tool update run, I now have a QtCreator binary and a Maintenance Tool binary that refuse to run on the system they're installed to.
The currently-available Online Installer download is, naturally, also affected by this.
Are older versions of these tools downloadable somewhere, or am I stuck now having to build & install all of Qt from source, on macOS 10.15.
(Updating the OS is unfortunately not currently an option, believe me I would if I could!)
@FeRDNYC You can download old QtCreator installers here: https://download.qt.io/archive/qtcreator/ and the recent ones here: https://download.qt.io/development_releases/qtcreator/
Qt Online Installer direct download: https://download.qt.io/official_releases/online_installers/
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@FeRDNYC You can download old QtCreator installers here: https://download.qt.io/archive/qtcreator/ and the recent ones here: https://download.qt.io/development_releases/qtcreator/
So they are, thanks! That's great.
And the online installers are here: https://download.qt.io/archive/online_installers/ -- old versions (4.6.0 and earlier) of those seem to work as well. I just have to be careful not to let it install anything released within the last 6 months or so. (Because it will absolutely try!)
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So they are, thanks! That's great.
And the online installers are here: https://download.qt.io/archive/online_installers/ -- old versions (4.6.0 and earlier) of those seem to work as well. I just have to be careful not to let it install anything released within the last 6 months or so. (Because it will absolutely try!)
@FeRDNYC hi,
It might be worth opening a ticket on the bug tracker if there's not something already about it there.
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@FeRDNYC hi,
It might be worth opening a ticket on the bug tracker if there's not something already about it there.
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Alas, my prediction was close to correct. The issue was actually closed because, "The number of users, [who] will be affected by this, is rather small." (Which... fair!)
@FeRDNYC better tried than doing nothing
Can you share the link so the ticket is easier to find ?
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@FeRDNYC better tried than doing nothing
Can you share the link so the ticket is easier to find ?
@SGaist Sure, it was actually in my previous comment ("Done."):
@FeRDNYC said in Qt Maintenance Tool just upgraded itself and QtCreator to incompatible versions (macOS 10.15):
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@SGaist Sure, it was actually in my previous comment ("Done."):
@FeRDNYC said in Qt Maintenance Tool just upgraded itself and QtCreator to incompatible versions (macOS 10.15):
@FeRDNYC my bad ! I missed the highlighting of the word 😅
Thanks !
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See, this is exactly why the W3C recommends underlining links at all times, not just on hover. 😄 (And here, they don't even underline on hover! A "Failure of Success Criterion 1.4.1 due to creating links that are not visually evident without color vision" for sure.)
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See, this is exactly why the W3C recommends underlining links at all times, not just on hover. 😄 (And here, they don't even underline on hover! A "Failure of Success Criterion 1.4.1 due to creating links that are not visually evident without color vision" for sure.)
@FeRDNYC that's an interesting point you make ! I wonder if it's something that should be considered following the next update of the forum.
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@FeRDNYC that's an interesting point you make ! I wonder if it's something that should be considered following the next update of the forum.
@SGaist Looks like they do underline on hover, now, so that's already a major improvement. (And there are some pages, like our account "My Posts" lists, where links are underlined at all times. Not sure why there's a difference, but it's not a bad thing.)
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Huh. Actually, links in post body text are always underlined — but they're not in the edit preview, only on hover. (In the desktop interface.) That's a strange distinction.
