From kde-core-devel Tue Jul 22 19:30:06 2014 From: Christoph Cullmann Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:30:06 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: KDE Applications December 2014 release: which apps are targeting Qt4/Qt5? Message-Id: <288486148.988399.1406057406206.JavaMail.zimbra () absint ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=140605742630280 > On Monday 21 July 2014 13:26:32 Frank Reininghaus wrote: > > * Many applications have an embedded terminal, which is provided by > > the Konsole KPart. If Konsole does not release a Qt5-based version in > > December, then any application which does will not have an embedded > > terminal any more. > >=20 > > * All of Konqueror's functionality is provided by KParts that are > > provided by libraries and applications and that are loaded at runtime. > > If some of these KParts will not have a Qt5-based release, then the > > functionality of a Qt5-based Konqueror would be severely limited. >=20 > Are we figuring out a way to co-install both sets of KParts and load the > right > one at runtime? >=20 > The Qt plugin mechanism should be enough to prevent the wrong .so file fr= om > being loaded, but it would be easier on the system if the files were on > different paths on the filesystem. Hi, actually that already works, e.g. Kate KF5 version at the moment loads KonsolePart KF5 version just fine, with Kate & Konsole 4.x installed, too. (and without the KF5 KonsolePart installed, Kate still works, thought the poor console window stays empty) Greetings Christoph --=20 ----------------------------- Dr.-Ing. Christoph Cullmann --------- AbsInt Angewandte Informatik GmbH Email: cullmann@AbsInt.com Science Park 1 Tel: +49-681-38360-22 66123 Saarbr=C3=BCcken Fax: +49-681-38360-20 GERMANY WWW: http://www.AbsInt.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrung: Dr.-Ing. Christian Ferdinand Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Saarbr=C3=BCcken, HRB 11234