[Development] QZipReader and QZipWriter

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday 31 July 2014 10:30:56 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 05:08:15PM -0700, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > On Monday 28 July 2014 11:08:59 Olivier Goffart wrote:
> > > Otherwise, you can also use the KArchive module part of KDE Frameworks
> > > http://api.kde.org/frameworks-api/frameworks5-apidocs/karchive/html/inde
> > > x.html> 
> > The existence of KArchive basically blocks a new module in Qt that does
> > this, unless this new module has relevant new functionality or is
> > considerably less resource-demanding than KArchive.
> 
> you wish.
> 
> but in reality, as long as there is no competing free product that permits
> digia to satisfy its (l)gpl-averse customers as well, the qt project will
> welcome such an effort, even if i personally wouldn't recommend
> duplicating the work.

True, but it will do so like you said: recommending against the duplicated 
effort.

And to be honest, while convenient, this is not a must-have feature. With my 
OSS hat on, I would say (L)GPL-averse customers could be served right by their 
aversion by having one fewer solution.
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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center