On 1/29/20 2:01 PM, Andras Mantia via Development wrote: > Hi, > > On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 2:25:40 PM EET Cristián Maureira-Fredes wrote: >> This is nothing new Giuseppe, >> people actively using Qt will have Qt accounts because they either >> use our JIRA, and also Gerrit, son for those people, this should not >> make such impact on the usage of the Qt account. > > I think Mathias' point was that for *new* developers you will raise the > barrier. If someone wants to try Qt a mandatory registration is something that > can scare them away. People starting to get fed up with such registrations > everywhere, especially before they can realize if they need that tool or not. > Existing users probably have an account anyway, for them it is just extra > annoyance to remember the password (which is not the case for jira, gerrit, > etc. as the browsers do that) and *might* cause problems for CI systems. > > Andras > > PS: This is my private opinion, not the opinion of my employer. >
Hello Andras, thanks for clarifying, it might be the case, but since he also mentioned expert developers, I answered to that reference. In any case, new Qt developers will be able to get the Qt that their OS provide, for Linux is straightforward, but for Windows/macOS this might have three solutions (maybe more): - Using package managers that provide Qt, - Download and compile Qt by themselves, - Create an account and use the installer. Good thing that you replied in any case, because I really think we should separate the different use cases: - For people already using Qt, with Qt accounts, that's not a problem. - For new users, I listed the options before. Do you have extra types of users that will be affected by this decision? I really want to gather this input, so we can really analyse the pros and cons exposed on this discussion. Cheers PS: Yeah, I guess everyone here is expressing their personal opinion, and not the employer one. -- Dr. Cristián Maureira-Fredes R&D Manager The Qt Company GmbH Erich-Thilo-Straße 10 D-12489 Berlin https://qt.io _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development