[Interest] QtSVG deprecated

[Scott Aron Bloom]

This came up at DevDays...

 

There needs to be a status of "No maintained because we consider it
complete" 

 

Meaning, the code is stable, known bugs are fixed, and new enhancements
will not be added as "other" classes are better used.  

However, the code will NOT be removed from a new version.  Another
example is the QDom code base.

 

Scott

 

From: interest-bounces+scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt-project.org
[mailto:interest-bounces+scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt-project.org] On
Behalf Of Jason H
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 2:14 PM
To: Chris Meyer; mholmes at uvic.ca
Cc: interest at qt-project.org
Subject: Re: [Interest] QtSVG deprecated

 

I don't think it's going away, it's just not being maintained. 

It's good for what it does, but many of the desired enhancements would
result in the module blowing up in run-time size. The module exists as a
good trade-off. And this I think is why it is deprecated. If it were
maintained it wouldn't be good for the little stuff anymore. I see many
requested changes wanting to DOM-ify it, which would definitely result
in bloat (QtDOM is also deprecated, btw)

 

 

 

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From: Chris Meyer <cmeyer1969+qt at gmail.com>
To: mholmes at uvic.ca 
Cc: "interest at qt-project.org" <interest at qt-project.org> 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Interest] QtSVG deprecated

Recently I've had my apps rejected on the Mac app store for "using a
custom webkit" (QtWebKit). The main use was to render SVG into
QImages.

Going forward, I'm planning on using the QtSvg module. Currently, it
partially supports SVG Tiny; but I'm hoping to develop any missing
features as needed.

I am not in a position to volunteer to be maintainer right now, but
I'm interested in contributing code, doing testing, paying money in
the form of feature bounties, and providing guidance where possible.

Other than the issue of a maintainer, is there any other reason QtSvg
is deprecated? I think it's important to have this functionality
independent of webkit.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Martin Holmes <mholmes at uvic.ca> wrote:
> I notice here:
>
>
<http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/05/12/qt-modules-maturity-level-the-list/
>
>
> that QtSvg is now deprecated:
>
> [quote]
> QtSvg
> Overall module state: Deprecated
> New maintainer required
> Reasoning: SVG Full (as opposed to SVG Tiny) functionality available
in
> QtWebKit, which should be used instead; we welcome research for a
> replacement for the SVG-generating code.
> [/quote]
>
> I use QtSvg for toolbar icons and similar application-level graphics,
to
> provide easy scalability. Will QImage still support SVG images after
> QtSvg is gone? I can't imagine how I could use WebKit for this
> functionality.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
> --
> Martin Holmes
> University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
> (mholmes at uvic.ca)
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