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author | David Boddie <dboddie@trolltech.com> | 2010-01-06 10:21:41 (GMT) |
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committer | David Boddie <dboddie@trolltech.com> | 2010-01-06 10:21:41 (GMT) |
commit | fac8aa652775424ae890cb428267c155f8e48b9b (patch) | |
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Doc: Improved the advice about deployment of plugins.
Recommended deploying all plugins, excluding only those that are not
required. Included accessibility plugins in the list of example plugins
that users may need.
Reviewed-by: Jan-Arve Sæther
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/deployment/deployment.qdoc | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/deployment/deployment.qdoc b/doc/src/deployment/deployment.qdoc index 6a1760e..1459e6a 100644 --- a/doc/src/deployment/deployment.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/deployment/deployment.qdoc @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ \o \l {QtXmlPatterns} \o \l {Phonon Module}{Phonon} \o \l {Qt3Support} + \o \endtable Since Qt is not a system library, it has to be redistributed along @@ -117,10 +118,15 @@ of the libraries used by the application. Using static linking, however, the Qt run-time is compiled into the executable. - In particular, you will need to deploy Qt plugins, such as - JPEG support or SQL drivers. For more information about plugins, - see the \l {plugins-howto.html}{How to Create Qt Plugins} - documentation. + In general, you should deploy all plugins that your build of Qt uses, + excluding only those that you have identified as being unnecessary + for your application and its users. + + For instance, you may need to deploy plugins for JPEG support and + SQL drivers, but you should also deploy plugins that your users may + require, including those for accessibility. + For more information about plugins, see the + \l{plugins-howto.html}{How to Create Qt Plugins} documentation. When deploying an application using the shared library approach you must ensure that the Qt libraries will use the correct path to |