[Interest] Getting V8

[Rohan McGovern]

Mark Constable said:
> Sorry for newbie questions but how do I get v8? This page mentions...
> 
> http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Building_Qt_5_from_Git
> 
> "Compiling v8 in qtbase requires Python. Make sure you have a python.exe
> in your %PATH%, go to qtbase\src\v8, run qmake && nmake."
> 
> I'm on linux but still, I have nothing in qtbase/src/v8 after doing a git
> clone and init-repository.
> 

The quoted text seems to be out of date.
It is now in the qt/qtjsbackend repository.
init-repository should have given you that by default.

> This page mentions...
> 
> http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/V8_Port
> 
> "The repository is is a full clone of Qt that can be configured and
> built like usual. It includes a copy of V8-Isolates in src/3rdparty/v8,"
> 
> which is a different self-contained repo with a different path to v8. These
> are the only 2 references about v8 that I've managed to find with my meagre
> google-fu. My simple aim is to get a working QtQuick 2 environment.

This looks like something different again.  For a working QtQuick 2
environment you should go with the first one (qtjsbackend).