• re: PyQt5 question: why are QOpenGLTimeMonitor/QOpenGLTimerQuery not de

    From Peter Michael Green@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 15 16:30:01 2022
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    But nowhere do I find any of QT_NO_OPENGL or QT_OPENGL_ES* defined in
    the package (but then maybe I'm not looking in the right place? So I
    don't know why these two classes are included in the amd64 version of
    the package but not the armhf version.
    The reason is that QT on armel/armhf is built for opengl ES rather
    than desktop opengl. I believe the reason for this is historic
    hardware support on armhf systems.


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    <pre>But nowhere do I find any of QT_NO_OPENGL or QT_OPENGL_ES* defined in
    the package (but then maybe I'm not looking in the right place? So I
    don't know why these two classes are included in the amd64 version of
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    The reason is that QT on armel/armhf is built for opengl ES rather<br>
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    hardware support on armhf systems.<br>
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  • From Julian Gilbey@21:1/5 to Peter Michael Green on Fri Apr 15 16:40:01 2022
    On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 03:01:43PM +0100, Peter Michael Green wrote:
    But nowhere do I find any of QT_NO_OPENGL or QT_OPENGL_ES* defined in
    the package (but then maybe I'm not looking in the right place? So I
    don't know why these two classes are included in the amd64 version of
    the package but not the armhf version.

    The reason is that QT on armel/armhf is built for opengl ES rather
    than desktop opengl. I believe the reason for this is historic
    hardware support on armhf systems.

    Thanks Peter!

    Best wishes,

    Julian

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