[Interest] 5.8 Features?

[ekke]

Am 22.06.16 um 10:36 schrieb Bo Thorsen:
> Den 21-06-2016 kl. 22:55 skrev Jason H:
>> I feel like the last few releases have been run by the trolls, and
>> not the users of Qt. I was hoping open governance would enable the
>> community to direct Qt development, but I seem to have misinterpreted
>> what it means. I'm looking for what's going into 5.8.. not much
>> listed on the releases page.
>>
>> I'd like to suggest that mobile get some much needed love.
>> - Application state transitions; Foreground, background
>> - Background processing API
>> - Screen wake lock API
>> - In-app Notifications: local, remote
>>
>> While I have those characterized as "mobile" there are things like
>> notifications occurring on desktop platforms.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>
> There's only one reason why you don't see more features for the mobile
> parts: There are not enough developers on it. And that's not because
> QtCompany is doing anything wrong, they just have their priorities
> different from what you have.
>
> Personally I don't care about mobile at all. I haven't had a mobile
> customer since 2011 and I don't see that changing. My focus is almost
> entirely on Linux embedded and Windows desktop. Those are the areas
> where a lot of applications are written.
>
> I'd love to see the mobile platforms thrive. But unless you Qt users
> start becoming Qt developers and contribute to it, I don't see that
> happening.
hmmm
the only reason for me to use Qt is mobile
using new Qt Quick Controls 2 Qt is a great platform for mobile app
development and I hope many new developers will start with Qt on mobile
to make this easier I'm writing example apps and a blog series
http://j.mp/qt-x

I really hope that there will be development on the topics Jason H
mentioned above

ekke

>
> Bo Thorsen,
> Director, Viking Software.
>