[Development] Qt 5.3 Feature freeze is coming quite soon...

[Peter Hartmann]

On 01/17/2014 08:49 PM, Kurt Pattyn wrote:
> So, based on the feedback, can everybody agree on QtWebSockets being an add-on?
> It keeps the core as is, and provides an opt-in for applications that need it.

+1, this sounds like the best solution to me...

Peter

>
> Cheers,
>
> Kurt
>
>> On 17 Jan 2014, at 12:25, Richard Moore <richmoore44 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 17 January 2014 07:54, Knoll Lars <Lars.Knoll at digia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  From a feature point of view it would fit best into Qt Network. But it's a sizeable piece of code added to Qt Network. Do you have any numbers on how this changes the size of Qt Network?
>>>
>>> Peter and Rich, and comments from your side?
>>
>> Given that the websocket code contains both C++ networking stuff and
>> also QML it cannot all go into qt network as this would introduce a
>> circular dependency on the qtdeclarative module. This would mean
>> splitting it into two one part in qt network and another in qt
>> declarative which I think would be a bit confusing for users.
>>
>> On the other hand as an addon module the dependency problem is gone
>> and it can be available as a single self-contained module (with
>> unified documentation) which I suspect would be easier on those using
>> the module. I don't think adding QT += websockets to the pro file
>> would be a barrier for adoption.
>>
>> Given the above (and ignoring the issue of code-size etc.) my initial
>> feeling is that an addon module is probably a better choice for users
>> of the module.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Rich.

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