From 9d7f1399b5857002d174f960cef37f52270e6867 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kleuter Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:27:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 000bf25..3a16feb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1 +1,14 @@ -# qt +# Qt build tools and patches + +This is a set of build tools and required patches to build Qt yourself and distribute it along with your app. + +For macOS we currently distribute two binaries: + +- Modern, compiled with [Qt 5.15.2](5.15.2) for macOS 10.13+. Qt contains number of patches (found in the Qt issues tracker) in order to be compiled and used normally. If you own a commercial license it's recommended to use [Qt 5.15.4](5.15.4) where all issues were fixed already. + +- Legacy, compiled with [Qt 5.6.3](5.6.3) for macOS 10.7-10.12. Qt contains number of patches (found in the Qt issues tracker) in order to be compiled and used normally. To compile Qt itself we used macOS 10.13 and XCode 8. + +Compiling your app with both modern and legacy Qt can be done on modern macOS (10.15 Catalina or 11 Big Sur) and [XCode 12](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12). + +On Windows you need [VS2019 Community Edition](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) and [Perl](https://strawberryperl.com/). +