Arthur Pemberton wrote: > Previous to the discontinuation announcement, i was just starting to > work with Java, and so I have become interested in using Qt from Java > as I like the toolkit. But given the following, should I really start > a new project with Qt Jambi? > > * I couldn't find download links for Qt Jambi on the Qt Software site. > * I finally found the pub site with some source code, and a blog link > to a tech preview > * I have yet to find binaries, that the Qt Jambi tutorial suggested existed > * There are apparently no Qt Jambi packages (RPMs) in Fedora, a fairly > popular distro > * Activity doesn't seem to be high between the the Qt Labs site and > this mailing list (I read through the archives for this year) > > Right now all I have to go on is that I like Qt and I don't like > Swing. So I am asking this list their opinions.
To be honest, it's hard to be positive about the outlook for Qt Jambi, despite Ray Martin's upbeat assessment from a couple of weeks back. Trolltech/Nokia obviously don't see a commercial future in it, and I don't think it'll be a good fit for the open source community. It's technically very challenging, and requires excellent knowledge of Qt and low level Java trickery. If the Trolltech guys don't see it as being worth the effort, what hope is there that volunteers will see reason to climb an almighty learning curve? From what Gunnar said, it seems that after a year of trying, technically aware people like those at Debian and Mandriva can't even distribute it correctly. With that in mind I doubt there's going to be a whole lot of effective support out there when the Trolls move onto other projects. I think it's a crying shame, really. I also like Java and Qt, and couldn't possibly go back to something as crappy as Swing. But unless a benefactor comes along who sees reason to support the project, I've a feeling Qt Jambi will disappear from the landscape pretty quickly. So no, IMHO don't start a new project with it. You'll be setting yourself up with a porting effort to do fairly soon. :'( _______________________________________________ Qt-jambi-interest mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-jambi-interest
