[Development] Deprecating modules with 5.5

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Tue Mar 17 23:45:24 CET 2015


On Tuesday 17 March 2015 17:14:38 Jan Kundrát wrote:
> On Tuesday, 3 February 2015 08:33:46 CET, Knoll Lars wrote:
> > * Qt WebKit
> 
> While I understand the reasons on why you want to remove this one, I think
> that this goes against the promise of compatibility at [1]:
> 
> "Qt essentials define the foundation of Qt on all platforms. They are
> available on all supported development platforms and on the tested target
> platforms. They will remain source and binary compatible during Qt 5."
> 
> Both "Qt WebKit" and "Qt WebKit Widgets" are listed under Essentials.
> QtScript and QtDeclarative are listed as Addons, and "could probably go".
> 
> You're of course free to do whatever you want to do -- it's just that the
> project has promised that this won't happen.

We promised not to break source or binary compatibility. Where are we doing 
that?

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
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