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List:       amarok-devel
Subject:    Re: VOTING - Amarok2 to use Qt 4.4?
From:       "Nikolaj Hald Nielsen" <nhnfreespirit () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-01-03 20:58:47
Message-ID: 9d527020801031258y51622526uc55f819352a104d1 () mail ! gmail ! com
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AYE, under the condition that we do a quick evaluation of 4.4  preview
2 first and find no insurmountable issues

- Nikolaj

On Jan 3, 2008 9:50 PM, Harald Sitter <harald@getamarok.com> wrote:
> Arrrhoy!
>
> Since Qt 4.4 is offering a lot more possability (like html rendering) for us
> than 4.3, and also because it seems to be faster in terms of SVG rendering we
> might want to switch to it (earliest possability would be preview 2 since
> there are some prety big performance issues in 4.4 atm).
>
> Recent thoughts on it:
> <nhnFreespirit> the obvious drawback of switching is that we will raise the
> barrier of entry again, and just as we were beginning to get a lot of patches
> from new people
> ----
> <markey> what's the ETA for Qt 4.4 final?
> <nhnFreespirit> markey: march I think.
> <nhnFreespirit> not absolutely sure though
> ----
> <nhnFreespirit> I had another nasty little thought.... theoretically, _if_ we
> managed to time our 2.0 release with Qt 4.4, we could become a showcase App
> for Qt and get a alot of free press that way
> <apachelogger> if we release one month after 4.4
> <apachelogger> there might already be 4.4.1
> <apachelogger> more stability for us
> ----
> <markey> in what state is the context view right now?
> <markey> last I checked it was ugly, didn't really work and was slow as
> molasses
> <nhnFreespirit> markey: the contet view is actually not in that bad a
> shape.... many applets just really need to render html
>
>
> So, everyone in favor of switching the development to Qt 4.4 once preview 2 is
> out, vote with AYE.
>
> Everyone against switching to Qt 4.4, vote with NAY.
>
>
> --
> Harald Sitter
> Amarok team        Project Manager         Mail: harald@getamarok.com
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