Re: QT graphics version for Windows

[Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>]

On 18 November 2014 17:35, Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com> wrote:

> Le 18 nov. 2014 18:28, "Gerald Combs" <gerald () wireshark org> a écrit :
> > On 11/18/14 4:54 AM, Pascal Quantin wrote:
> > > 2014-11-18 13:35 GMT+01:00 Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>:
> > > > I just noticed that the buildbots (and presumably the releases) are
> using the opengl version of QT, whereas I've always used the angle version
> in my local builds.
> > > > The QT page on the choice (
> http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5-on-Windows-ANGLE-and-OpenGL) implies that
> the angle version is more general purpose and required if you want to use
> RDP or QTMultimedia video.
> > > > Has there been an explicit discussion on the QT version that I've
> missed, or should we discuss this now?
> > > Hi Graham,
> > >
> > > I don't think this was ever discussed. As RDP is a quite common usage
> on Windows (as seen with the GTK2 specific memory bug reports we got),
> ANGLE would seem to be the best choice. The drawback of dropping Windows XP
> support is not an issue as we already decided to stop supporting it
> officially.
> > We fall under the " Your application does not use OpenGL at all" case
> described in the page linked above, so I followed their recommendations and
> installed the OpenGL packages. If anyone plans on adding an RTP video
> player or using QGLWidget I can switch to the ANGLE packages.
> > Are there issues with using our current packages over RDP? It's been
> working fine here, even at low color depths.
>
> I did not check it myself and just assumed that what was written on the Qt
> page was right. If it works with OpenGL and RDP,  that's fine! (and I will
> change my local configuration).
I didn't check either, just read the page and thought the angle version was
best for us.

-- 
Graham Bloice

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