[Development] Assistant WebKit/WebEngine support

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Tue Jun 25 18:16:24 CEST 2019


On Tuesday, 25 June 2019 09:05:21 PDT Konstantin Tokarev wrote:
> > It hasn't been updated in years. Don't use it, since it's clearly not
> > getting security updates.
> 
> New version is currently in development, and should be ready in time frame
> of Qt 5.14 (at least functionality required for displaying help)
> 
> 5.212 branch should be fine for use with local help files, e.g. you can take
> fresh\ from http://download.qt.io/snapshots/ci/qtwebkit/5.212/1560153112/

Konstantin,

at this point, what's speaking againt qtwebkit is its track record of release. 
Until it starts making regular releases again, I can't recommend it. And Qt 
Creator (or any other application) shouldn't begin using it again until those 
regular releases resume.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel System Software Products






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