[Development] What's the story for Qt5 on Harmattan?

[Quim Gil]

Hi, just speaking by myself since at least I have got a N950 in my hands 
running Qt 5...

On 01/10/2012 06:16 AM, ext xizhi.zhu at nokia.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to get some clarity regarding Qt5 on Harmattan...
>
> Based on the Wiki page here
> (http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Qt_5.0), Harmattan is not a Tier
> 1 platform. I also didn't find any Wiki page saying anything
> regarding Tier 2 and Tier 3 platforms.
>
> The only information I can find is from the Qt5-feedback mailing list
> [1], but I don't know any further plans / actions, except Oswald and
> Thiago pointed out Qt5 on Harmattan is still relevant [2].

Qt 5 in Harmattan is relevant to the Qt Project because Qt is deeply 
integrated and the Nokia N9 is publicly available. Needless to say, 
having platforms to develop and test Qt 5 is very important and 
Harmattan offers an open platform for handset form factor.


> Then could someone give some clarity to what scope Qt5 is supposed to
> be supported for Harmattan?

The Qt Project as such has no plans of *supporting* Qt 5 in Harmattan, 
as the URL above explains.

> Note that there're certain essential (sub-)modules requiring
> Harmattan-specific back-end, e.g. bearer, P&S, system info. Also,
> many add-on modules from ex-mobility also require Harmattan-specific
> back-end. Any one currently maintaining the code for Harmattan? Or at
> least any volunteers? Any CI support under plan? If there's nobody
> doing this, and no plan available, how can we keep Qt5 working on
> Harmattan?

There are some initiatives going on and it would be great if a decent 
adaptation could come out of that. Some links:

http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BuildingQt5OnHarmattan
http://qt.gitorious.org/~jturcotte/qt/qt5-harmattan
http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/11/21/testing-qtquick-2-on-your-n9n950/

Qt 5 running in the Nokia N950
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARpK4V3Jr40

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Quim