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authorJason McDonald <jason.mcdonald@nokia.com>2009-11-09 14:23:18 (GMT)
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Update INSTALL and README + friends for the everywhere package
Make INSTALL and README more generic, avoid repeating stuff that's already in the product docs, and move the Windows Signing stuff into the product docs. Task-number: QTBUG-5453 Reviewed-by: Espen Riskedal
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@@ -19,17 +19,22 @@ On Mac OS X, the binary package requires Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) or
later and GCC 4.0.1 to develop applications. Its applications will run
on Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above.
-If you have a source package (a .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, or .zip file),
-follow the instructions in the INSTALL file.
+If you have a source package (a .tar.gz, or .zip file), follow the
+instructions in the INSTALL file.
DEMOS AND EXAMPLES
Once Qt is installed, we suggest that you take a look at the demos and
-examples to see Qt in action. Run the Qt Examples and Demos either by
+examples to see Qt in action.
+
+For desktop computers, run the Qt Examples and Demos either by
typing 'qtdemo' on the command line or through the desktop's Start
menu. On Mac OS X, you can find it in /Developers/Applications/Qt.
+For embedded devices, launch the Qt 'fluidlauncher' demo, either through
+the platforms filebrowser or the built in menu system.
+
REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ documentation is available at http://qt.nokia.com/doc/.
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
For a complete list of supported platforms, see
-http://qt.nokia.com/doc/latest/supported-platforms.html.
+http://qt.nokia.com/doc/%VERSION%/supported-platforms.html.
COMMERCIAL EDITIONS
@@ -56,16 +61,18 @@ the QtCore, QtGui (except QGraphicsView), QtTest, QtDBus and
Qt3Support modules.
For a full listing of the contents of each module, please refer to
-http://qt.nokia.com/doc/latest/modules.html
+http://qt.nokia.com/doc/%VERSION%/modules.html
HOW TO REPORT A BUG
If you think you have found a bug in Qt, we would like to hear about
-it so that we can fix it. Before reporting a bug, please check
-http://qt.nokia.com/developer/faqs/ and
-http://qt.nokia.com/products/appdev/platform/platforms/ to see if
-the issue is already known.
+it so that we can fix it. The Qt bug tracking system is open to the
+public at http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/.
+
+Before reporting a bug, please use the bug-tracker's search functions
+and consult http://qt.nokia.com/developer/faqs/ to see if the issue is
+already known.
Always include the following information in your bug report: the name
and version number of your compiler; the name and version number of
@@ -74,11 +81,9 @@ configure options it was compiled with.
If the problem you are reporting is only visible at run-time, try to
create a small test program that shows the problem when run. Often,
-such a program can be created with some minor changes to one of the
-many example programs in Qt's examples directory. Please submit the
-bug report using the Task Tracker on the Qt website:
-
-http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker
+such a program can be created with some minor changes to one of the many
+example programs in Qt's examples directory, or to the autotests that
+are available in the public source repository on http://qt.gitorious.org/.
Qt is a trademark of Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).