On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Aaron Bockover <[email protected]>wrote:

> There is no reason for GTK to go away, and I don't see that happening.
> I also don't see any reason not to move to GTK 3 when that happens.
> There are just way too many useful applications to not support that in
> MeeGo in the future.
>
> That being said, QT is being pushed essentially for /new/ application
> development. The way I look at it - if you're interested in writing
> new applications, use QT. But that doesn't mean that your GTK
> application will stop working.
>
> The bottom line is that it makes little-to-no sense to port from GTK
> to QT "just because." It's just a waste of time - time that could be
> spent innovating in other/new areas (and do it using QT if you
> please).
>
> A more important goal is ensuring that applications integrate well
> into MeeGo - the toolkit is an implementation detail.
>
> --Aaron
>
> Thank you for you guys explaining why NOT to port existing app to Qt, and
it is definitely valid. It is just inconsistent from what I heard from
various channels including TSG meeting since MeeGo was announced.

I have same understanding with Arjan's, and I think using one single UI
toolkit does make sense, which was officially Qt until now.
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