I believe there is also a new QJs API which uses the V8 backend instead of
JavascriptCore.
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Albert Santoni <albe...@mixxx.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> --
> Albert Santoni
> Developer, Mixxx
> http://www.mixxx.org
> http://www.oscillicious.com
>
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