Difference between the patches of [[immodule-qt][immodule for Qt]]
This project produces several related patches intended for different purposes.
'Unified' patch
This patch is created by merging 'Binary Compatible' codes into 'ALL' to reduce maintenance cost. You can configure both 'BC' or 'ALL' functionality. All unified patches are indicated with a '-unified' in the filename (e.g. qt-x11-immodule-unified-qt3.3.2-20040811.diff.gz)
'Binary Compatible' patch
This patch is intended to be used with Qt3. The resulting patched version of Qt is binary compatible with an unpatched version. All binary compatible patches are indicated with a '-bc' in the filename (e.g. qt-x11-immodule-bc-qt3.3.2-20040623.diff)
'ALL' patch
- The patch is intended to be merged into Qt4 (although currently based on Qt3). Binary compatibility (ABI) is broken with Qt3. The patch contains '-all' in its name (e.g. qt-x11-immodule-all-qt3.3.1-20040316.diff)
incremental diffs for developers
- Some other patches are incremental diff for developers. They are merged into '-bc' and '-all' version once they are validated. (e.g. qt-x11-immodule-simplified-api-qt3.3.2-20040615.diff)
-- Main.YamaKen - 09 Sep 2004