On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 11:26:01AM +0200, Thomas Danckaert wrote: > Hi, > > this patch adds QtWebKit 5.7 as a separate package (hopefully this > will reduce security concerns: only packages which really need > QtWebKit will include it). > > QtWebKit is not officially supported anymore as of Qt 5.6, so this is > a “community release” (not exactly sure what that entails, or if this > includes any updates at all since the Qt 5.5 version). I suppose many > projects are switching to Qt WebEngine, and there are some efforts to > create an updated version of QtWebKit > (https://github.com/annulen/webkit), but in the mean time, this > package might help build packages which still rely on the old > QtWebKit.
Interesting! Is there any official statement from Qt about these "community releases"? I see that it is hosted on qt.io, so presumably they are somehow blessed by Qt, but I'd like more information.
