*nod* A fork of the xcb plugin sounds like a good idea! I don't expect any trouble with EGL, I was just thinking that it may need some quirks. Anyway, we'll see :)
Simon ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of ext Thiago Macieira [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 23:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Qt5-feedback] Qt 5 for Harmattan On Tuesday, 27 de September de 2011 21:37:47 [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > For WebKit Qt development we'd like to use the N9 as one of the devices for > development (because it's fun and open). At the same time we want to base > our work on Qt 5 (because it's fun and open ;). Therefore we're interested > in a port of Qt 5 to MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan that > > 1) can be installed in parallel to the system Qt of course. Shouldn't be a problem, the sonames are different and Qt would be installed to a different prefix so mkspecs, plugins and imports wouldn't clash either. > 2) Is not meant for Store deployment and that but allows developing with > Qt 5 on the N9 Who knows. Maybe in one year's time, assuming there still is a store for the N9, people might use it. > Apart from a few build system adaptions I would imagine that the bulk of the > work is centered around the following pieces: > > * Integration of the XInput2 protocol used in Harmattan > * Integration with the input method server Both sound like a fork of the XCB Lighthouse plugin. Neither technology is standard so it shouldn't be in the standard XCB plugin. But there's nowhere else where they can be. > (Maaaybe also a bit of EGL setup code) Why, do you expect trouble? > So.. my question on this list: Is there anyone else interested in such a > port? (and interested in working on it :) -- Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center PGP/GPG: 0x6EF45358; fingerprint: E067 918B B660 DBD1 105C 966C 33F5 F005 6EF4 5358 _______________________________________________ Qt5-feedback mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt5-feedback
