[Development] Qt 5.1 feature set and freeze date

[Samuel Rødal]

On 02/13/2013 08:58 PM, André Pönitz wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:08:31AM +0100, Friedemann Kleint wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> we also plan to start Qt Windows Extras to bring at least the missing
>> image conversion  functions ( QTBUG-27103 ) back provided we can find
>> someone to create the repository ;-) .
>
> I think the approach of per-platform add-ons for stuff that can be
> _somehow_ formulated as plattform-independent problem is wrong.
>
> "QPlatformPixmapHandle" with suitable per-platform typedefs or
> best-effort approximations are much easier to use in user code
> than platform specific #ifdef chains, or worse library additions
> to the build system.

What use is a QPlatformPixmapHandle having per-platform typedefs 
(xcb_pixmap_t, HDC, etc) without #ifdefs to manipulate it using native 
code in the first place?

Can you give a platform-independent example use case? :)

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Samuel