[Development] GCompris goes the Qt Quick route

Robert Knight robertknight at gmail.com
Mon Feb 10 11:20:10 CET 2014


> Sadly there is no easy migration path and this implies a full rewrite.

Do you have a writeup of the options you looked at and results of each one?

QtQuick might be the best way forwards but a full rewrite is usually
something to be very wary
of unless the requirements for the product itself have changed
completely (eg. as in the case of X.org -> Wayland).

On 9 February 2014 13:56, Bruno Coudoin <bruno.coudoin at gcompris.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For those who don't know me, I am the author of the educational software
> GCompris (http://gcompris.net). The project started in 2000 and is based
> on Gtk+.
>
> As you imagine, many users are requesting us a tablet version of
> GCompris and I tried to evaluate the different technical possibilities
> to bring GCompris to this world.
>
> After some research, I found that the Qt Quick technology was an
> excellent choice for the future of GCompris. Sadly there is no easy
> migration path and this implies a full rewrite. It is true that the
> migration will take time, probably several years but this is something
> we have to do if we want to stay relevant in the coming years.
>
> Expect our little community to be around to gather help on Qt Quick.
>
> Bruno.
>
>
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