On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:25 PM, ext John Layt <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2 August 2012 13:26, Thiago Macieira <[email protected]> wrote: >> On quinta-feira, 2 de agosto de 2012 12.02.45, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> I intend to move both Qt 3D and Qt Location out of the essentials list and >>> make them add-ons for now. They are fully usable as-is today, but with the >>> situation down-under I am currently unsure how well we can maintain and >>> develop them going forward. If things turn out well, we can still move them >>> into the Essentials list in a 5.1 or 5.x release. >> >> For 3D and Location, I have a feeling it's a little premature, but I can't >> blame you for it. Especially in Location's case, with lots of plugins to be >> kept in working order, it might be tricky in the current situation. > > A few points I picked up from the QtLocation session at QtCS: > * It depends on Qt3D, so if Qt3D is out so must QtLocation > * It wasn't yet in feature freeze? > * It only has QML support in 5.0, C++ support is planned for 5.1? I > assumed this just meant the map widgets? > * Nokia Maps might be interested in maintaining it > > > With my KDE hat on, I'm not entirely sure QtLocation in it's current > form meets our requirements, most of KDE only needs the data container > metatypes or Position services so pulling in Qt3D and Maps and Places > and Routing seems overkill. We could probably live with it if > QtLocation is in Essentials and installed everywhere, but as an add-on > it would be nice if we could split them up and only depend on what we > really need.
The main point for both location and 3D is that we give ourselves a bit more flexibility and freedom by having them as add-ons for now. When things become clearer and we have secured maintenance and ongoing development for these modules, we can always re-evaluate. This change should not hurt anybody that is planning on using these modules. They won't disappear or stop working because of this ;-) Cheers, Lars _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
