[Development] Deprecating modules with 5.5

[Bo Thorsen]

Den 18-03-2015 kl. 08:31 skrev Knoll Lars:
> On 18/03/15 07:44, "Bo Thorsen" <bo at vikingsoft.eu> wrote:
>
>> Den 17-03-2015 kl. 23:45 skrev Thiago Macieira:
>>> 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".
> Yes, they are listed under Essentials, and we’ll need to move them over to
> add-ons. Unfortunately, we rely on a lot of 3rd party code (ie. WebKit)
> with the module, and as you probably know there were major changes in the
> landscape happening there when Google decided to for the whole thing and
> go their own way.
>
> Unfortunately this simply made it impossible for us to continue with Qt
> WebKit as before. We had to make some hard decisions, and the result was
> to focus on the new Webengine module, as we didn’t see a way to continue
> to support WebKit properly.
>
>>>> 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?
>> Removing classes is as binary incompatible as you can possibly make it.
> Deprecating an API is different from removing it. Deprecating is about
> asking people not to use this for new code/projects anymore.

Of course, but you said that it will be removed in 5.6.

Bo.

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