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"depends" Qt: Bump to use KDE-maintained bugfix patchset

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#58 opened on Mar 15, 2024

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Description

Qt upstream has made Qt 5 only supported for commercial users for a few years now.

The KDE project, however, has been maintaining patches for bugs here: https://community.kde.org/Qt5PatchCollection

It would be good to bump the "depends" Qt to use the KDE version. Ideally for both 21.x (LTS) and the latest Knots.

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Inspect the current Qt dependency in the depends/ directory, understand how the build system integrates Qt, and replace it with the KDE maintained patchset. Ensure compatibility with both Bitcoin Knots 21.x (LTS) and the latest version.
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cpp
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backendbuild system
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2
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