Hi all Qt lovers, Qt 5.2.1 should be soon ready for landing to Ubuntu 14.04, the target being March 6th if the FFe is accepted. The previous update two weeks ago was at https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg06396.html
The FFe is open at http://pad.lv/1278329. It has the latest status updates in more detail. The landing is late because it was wanted it wouldn't block other Ubuntu work for uncertain amount of time, and because it was found that Qt 5.2.1 + additional patches upstreamed by Ubuntu developers is the minimum that can be considered to be free enough of regressions. Qt 5.2 saw a complete rewrite of the QML script engine from Google's V8 to Qt's own "V4" among else, so it's not a big surprise there were hurdles since Ubuntu & Unity 8 are probably one of the heaviest existing Qt5 users. The biggest remaining blocker was the lack of functional audio/video playback and camera. Fixes for both should be landing today. After that the most important work is doing QA to ensure that there are no such regressions that could be considered absolute blockers. App store compatibility initially seems good, but it will need a closer inspection. Thanks to everyone involved in fixing the numerous issues in the stack and apps, and welcome to join for the remaining testing / bug filing / bug fixing at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+bugs?field.tag=qt5.2 For those able to join the push, upgrade instructions are available at https://launchpad.net/~canonical-qt5-edgers/+archive/qt5-beta2 Note! You will need to use the ppa-purge tool eventually, since it will not be possible to upgrade from the PPA to the eventual archive versions. On the desktop, Qt Creator 3.0.1 and the Ubuntu SDK plugin for it are now available. -Timo ps. just in: audio/video/camera all work! I'll be copying the fixes to the main PPA after I've ensured upgrades still work smoothly -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
