Does this mean that at some point this new QtWebKit would be packaged with Qt (like in the old days)?
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Sergio Martins <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2017-05-03 15:02, Konstantin Tokarev wrote: > >> Remaining question is versioning. While it's fine to dub current >> release "5.9" (but not 5.0, because we will have another WebKit update >> in 5.10 time frame), using Qt versions in QtWebKit has downsides: >> >> 1. It is not clear if 5.N+1 ships with the same WebKit branch as 5.N, >> or is updated >> 2. It makes people believe that QtWebKit 5.N should be used with Qt >> 5.N only. QtWebKit supports wide range of Qt versions (starting from >> 5.2 as of now), and can be used e.g. as security update in Linux >> distro that does not normally update Qt version during its life cycle. >> >> Any comments? >> > > If Qt and QtWebKit will have different release schedules then that > numbering would indeed confuse people. > > Have you thought about an LTS version too ? What would LTS mean, for > QtWebKit ? I think during the LTS lifetime we would still need to update > the inner WebKit, for security reasons, (that even happened for QtWebEngine > in a 5.6.x patch release). > > > Thanks for your efforts on this! > > > Regards, > -- > Sérgio Martins | [email protected] | Senior Software Engineer > Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company > Tel: Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090, USA +1-866-777-KDAB(5322) > KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development >
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