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Subject: Re: VOTING - Amarok2 to use Qt 4.4?
From: "Maximilian Kossick" <maximilian.kossick () googlemail ! com>
Date: 2008-01-03 23:45:55
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On 1/3/08, Shane King <kde@dontletsstart.com> wrote:
>
> Harald Sitter 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).
>
> Maybe this is a stupid question, or the wrong time to bring it up, but
> anyway ...
>
> Why do we need Qt 4.4 for html rendering? What's wrong with khtml?
> Aren't they essentially the same code base anyway?
>
> If we're trying to avoid khtml because we prefer native Qt solutions,
> why are we using KDE at all? I ask because not having to deal with the
> rest of KDE would make my life much simpler from a Windows perspective,
> and would be more be practical with Qt 4.4 having Phonon. In any case it
> seems like Qt's plan is to "embrace and extend" all the useful stuff
> from KDE anyway.
>
> I remember way back in the day some apps had "optional" KDE integration:
> they'd compile as plain Qt apps or with some KDE extensions if so
> configured. I wonder if things could work like that.
>
> As far as the vote goes, I'd say AYE, since we're miles away from a
> release I think now is a better time to switch than later.
>
> Shane.
we need qt 4.4 for its "widgets on qgv" support, which makes it possible to
place a html widget in the context view. that's not possible at all with qt
4.3/khtml at the moment.
there was a discussion about writing amarok 2 as a pure qt application some
time ago (a year?), but it was decided not to do that (thank god!).
max
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Shane King</b> \
<<a href="mailto:kde@dontletsstart.com">kde@dontletsstart.com</a>> \
wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px \
0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Harald Sitter wrote:<br>> \
Arrrhoy!<br>><br>> Since Qt 4.4 is offering a lot more possability (like html \
rendering) for us <br>> than 4.3, and also because it seems to be faster in terms \
of SVG rendering we<br>> might want to switch to it (earliest possability would be \
preview 2 since<br>> there are some prety big performance issues in 4.4 \
atm).<br><br>Maybe this is a stupid question, or the wrong time to bring it up, \
but<br>anyway ...<br><br>Why do we need Qt 4.4 for html rendering? What's wrong \
with khtml?<br>Aren't they essentially the same code base anyway? <br><br>If \
we're trying to avoid khtml because we prefer native Qt solutions,<br>why are we \
using KDE at all? I ask because not having to deal with the<br>rest of KDE would make \
my life much simpler from a Windows perspective, <br>and would be more be practical \
with Qt 4.4 having Phonon. In any case it<br>seems like Qt's plan is to \
"embrace and extend" all the useful stuff<br>from KDE anyway.<br><br>I \
remember way back in the day some apps had "optional" KDE integration: \
<br>they'd compile as plain Qt apps or with some KDE extensions if \
so<br>configured. I wonder if things could work like that.<br><br>As far as the vote \
goes, I'd say AYE, since we're miles away from a<br>release I think now is a \
better time to switch than later. <br><br>Shane.</blockquote>
<div> </div>
<div>we need qt 4.4 for its "widgets on qgv" support, which makes it \
possible to place a html widget in the context view. that's not possible at all \
with qt 4.3/khtml at the moment.</div> <div> </div>
<div>there was a discussion about writing amarok 2 as a pure qt application some time \
ago (a year?), but it was decided not to do that (thank god!).</div> \
<div> </div> <div>max</div><br> </div>
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