[Development] Backporting the "stop unloading plugins" change to 5.6

[Thiago Macieira]

Em segunda-feira, 17 de outubro de 2016, às 13:32:04 PDT, Giuseppe D'Angelo 
escreveu:
> Il 14/10/2016 19:44, Thiago Macieira ha scritto:
> >> > We are talking in this change about QFactoryLoader, which is a Qt API
> >> > and
> >> > which is ALWAYS used until program exit.
> > 
> > I meant internal Qt API.
> 
> ... doesn't this sound like a declaration that we're not able to have
> internal Qt APIs for Qt plugins that are good enough for having the
> plugins clean up after themselves, and be able to be unloaded without
> crashing?

Correct.

Sure, it's each plugin's fault -- especially the NM bearer plugin -- but I 
don't have time to figure out everything that's wrong with it. I'd rather apply 
this hammer to the problem than leave applications crashing on exit.

> Anyhow, I've outlined a plan in my other email.


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