[Development] Semi-private headers in Qt

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday, 21 May 2026 02:07:54 Pacific Daylight Time Artem Dyomin via 
Development wrote:
> In Qt, we have semi-private functionality for rhi, qpa, ssg, that contain a
> disclaimer in headers and docs limiting SC and BC guarantees, and requiring
> to link the private part of the module. The headers are deployed as
> <QtGui/rhi/qrhi.h> etc.

I think we need to flesh out what the guarantees for semi-private are. Please 
explain how they differ from private and from public.

And please make it *one* set of rules applying to all of them. The only thing 
that can vary is a parameter, such as the length of time a deprecated API will 
last before being removed, and no parameter can become zero.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Principal Engineer - Intel DCG - Platform & Sys. Eng.
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