[Development] Removing QtWebkit from gerrit (& qt5.git)

[lars.knoll at nokia.com]

On 12/12/11 6:21 PM, "ext Robin Burchell" <robin at viroteck.net> wrote:

>On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Rohan McGovern
><rohan.mcgovern at nokia.com> wrote:
>> Unfortunately the qtwebkit pointed at by qt5.git is outdated and known
>> not to work.
>
>Given that webkit is developed upstream inside webkit.org, I'd second
>that there's no reason having it there, aside perhaps from CI, though
>AFAIK they have their own infrastructure for this.
>
>As qtwebkit adds hugely to cloning qt5 (unless you remember to disable
>it), as well as the frequent build problems for people new to Qt 5
>etc, is there any real objection to it being removed? Who can make
>that decision (I guess Lars?), and who would handle doing that?

I don't have any fundamental issues with removing it, but would like to
hear some comments from people working on QtWebKit. Simon, any comments
from your side?

Lars