Hi guys,
Big news from Qt - Qt 5.0.0 is released!
Here's some relevant links:
http://qt-project.org/qt5
http://qt-project.org/wiki/Transition_from_Qt_4.x_to_Qt5
http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt500KnownIssues
The transition from Qt 4 to Qt 5 looks relatively painless. We'll see how
the build system holds up. :)
For Mixxx and most desktop Qt applications, there's unfortunately not
really much to gain by upgrading to Qt 5 yet. The main improvements seem to
be surrounding Qt Quick/QML, WebKit2, and lots of backend stuff regarding
QPA and OpenGL.
Though nobody's really saying it, I think what's more important about this
release is that it signifies that Qt is really being freed from the crappy
direction Nokia put it in. The press release hints at this by saying
Android and iOS support will come later this year, so perhaps Mixxx will
get even more portable soon.
I'm also expect we'll see better integration with modern desktop OSes,
which is an area where Qt has been lacking since Nokia picked it up.
There's many features from Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that aren't
available to Qt applications, nevermind even Windows 8 and OS X 10.8
Mountain Lion.
Anyways, cheers to the Qt team and let's hope that Qt brings much success
to Digia.
Albert
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Albert Santoni
Developer, Mixxx
http://www.mixxx.org
http://www.oscillicious.com
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