qBittorrent with Qt4-libs
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:05 pm
Currently, the latest version (v3.3.15) is built with Qt5-libs. But the functionality of Qt5 file dialogues is greatly reduced compared to normal KDE or GTK+ file dialogues. Opening torrent files can be frustrating. Also the look and feel of this version of qBittorrent is deficient, to put it mildly. For example, the torrent download progress bar no longer shows the percentage. And there are other small details of this L'n'F that make the application ugly.
I saw that it is still possible to built qBittorrent from source using the Qt4-libs, although I haven't tried it yet. It would be nice to have a binary version of qBittorrent built with Qt4-libs in the repos. Perhaps there could be two binary versions: one normal, built with Qt5, and on for older (but still supported) Qt4 systems. Perhaps, the Qt4 version can be named qBittorrent-qt4.
I saw that it is still possible to built qBittorrent from source using the Qt4-libs, although I haven't tried it yet. It would be nice to have a binary version of qBittorrent built with Qt4-libs in the repos. Perhaps there could be two binary versions: one normal, built with Qt5, and on for older (but still supported) Qt4 systems. Perhaps, the Qt4 version can be named qBittorrent-qt4.