[Development] OpenGL Support in Qt5

[Sean Harmer]

On Monday 16 July 2012 07:08:38 Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On segunda-feira, 16 de julho de 2012 13.30.31, Sean Harmer wrote:
> > IMHO, no. If Desktop GL capabilities are present on the system then Qt
> > should enable their use. In time Wayland maybe adopted by Desktop OpenGL
> > vendors without the need of pulling in X and GLX but for now it is ES2
> > only.
> 
> "In time" is too late.
> 
> I'm asking for Qt 5.0: what should we tell Linux distributors to configure
> qtbase with? Considering what requirements qtwayland has, I think it needs
> to be -opengl es2.
> 
> Correct?

If using wayland then yes I believe so.

If using xcb backend then -opengl desktop works fine.

Sean