@rku I wondered the same thing about the need for Qt 4 as it has been unsupported since 2015, so I contacted Scooter Software today.
This was their response:
"We're working on a Qt 5 version of Beyond Compare. As an intermediate step, we might release a version of Beyond Compare 4 for Linux that includes Qt 4 in the package for distributions that no longer support it.
Beyond Compare 4.2.10 on Mac is only available as a 32-bit application. Apple will drop support for 32-bit apps in macOS 10.15 (September or October). Work on a 64-bit Mac version has dominated our development calendar. Once we have a the 64-bit Mac version of BC officially released then we'll be able to schedule more time on other issues, such as Linux Qt 5 support or bundling of Qt 4."
So it looks like we will be stuck with Qt 4 for a while longer, although a Qt 5 version is coming. All in all good news then.
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Musikolo commented on 2024-03-02 05:56 (UTC) (edited on 2024-03-02 22:04 (UTC) by Musikolo)
For those interested in trying out Beyond Compare 5 Beta, a new file named
PKGBUILD_BC5_BETA
has been added. To use it, just issue the following command line:NOTE: Please DO NOT flag this package for new beta releases.