FlightGear Qt launcher: Difference between revisions

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=== Dependencies ===
=== Dependencies ===
For the time being, Qt is only needed for the launcher feature, which is automatically disabled if it is not found<ref>http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33498614/</ref>.
For the time being, Qt is only needed for the launcher feature, which is automatically disabled if it is not found<ref>http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33498614/</ref>.
If CMake does not find QT5 then it skips the QT launcher compilation<ref>http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33498869/</ref>. Thus, Qt5 is an optional build dependency and people can continue to other other front-ends.
If CMake does not find QT5 then it skips the QT launcher compilation<ref>http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33498869/</ref>. Thus, Qt5 is an optional build dependency and people can continue to use other other front-ends (fgrun, fgx etc).


We need to have the discussion if it should become the default launcher for Windows (Linux and other Unixes are less relevant, it’s up to the distribution packagers).
We need to have the discussion if it should become the default launcher for Windows (Linux and other Unixes are less relevant, it’s up to the distribution packagers).

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