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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