[Interest] Interest Digest Wiki instructions for PI cross compile do not work for PostgreSQL support

Roland Hughes roland at logikalsolutions.com
Thu Oct 19 15:06:26 CEST 2017


Laszlo,

1) It's QML. Massive stinky pig which is __ALWAYS__ the wrong choice for 
any project.

2) EGLFS is how we got here. The Wiki instructions are pure excrement 
for anything more complex than "Hello World."

But that's fine because the bug report for the Wiki instructions has 
been "Resolved" without any action taken. It sits out there spawning 
countless other Wiki and blog posts all based on broken instructions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfCQ-t7xY0



On 10/19/2017 07:57 AM, Laszlo Agocs wrote:
>
> Perhaps because it could be running with a pure software OpenGL 
> implementation (Mesa llvmpipe) which Raspbian and friends tend to use 
> to provide OpenGL on X11. (at least until VC4 becomes the default; in 
> the meantime acceleration is limited to when running directly on 
> Dispmanx, hence our general recommendation of using eglfs on embedded 
> boards in order to cut out the potentially problematic middle layers)
>
> If that’s the case, then the performance issues showcased here have 
> nothing to with QML, Qt Quick or anything Qt really. Run with 
> QSG_INFO=1 to verify.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Laszlo
>
> *From:*Interest 
> [mailto:interest-bounces+laszlo.agocs=qt.io at qt-project.org] *On Behalf 
> Of *Roland Hughes
> *Sent:* torsdag 19. oktober 2017 14.43
> *To:* Vlad Stelmahovsky <vladstelmahovsky at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* interest <interest at qt-project.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Interest] Interest Digest Wiki instructions for PI 
> cross compile do not work for PostgreSQL support
>
> Scroll down and watch the video. QML is an 800 lb gorilla trying to 
> ride in a 2 cylinder car.
>
> http://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/raspberry-qt-part-12-qml-blows-big-stinky-chunks/
>
> Nasty worthless resource pig which exists only to pursue script kiddies.
>
> On 10/19/2017 04:38 AM, Vlad Stelmahovsky wrote:
>
>     QML is not that resource hogging as JS. dont use JS and you'll be fine
>
>     On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Roland Hughes
>     <roland at logikalsolutions.com <mailto:roland at logikalsolutions.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>         On 10/17/2017 12:54 PM, interest-request at qt-project.org
>         <mailto:interest-request at qt-project.org> wrote:
>
>             On ter?a-feira, 17 de outubro de 2017 08:11:13 PDT Roland Hughes wrote:
>
>                     The bug tracking system is under our control - it will not just
>
>                     disappear (from our perspective).
>
>                 Oh yes it will!
>
>                 Speaking as someone who has heard that soooooo many times before, let's
>
>                 just count a few for Qt shall we.
>
>                 The Trolltech bug database was never going to just disappear (from our
>
>                 perspective). It did. A tiny fraction of the bugs migrated to the new
>
>                 system but most were mass exterminated with
>
>             The TT TT was not a public database. It existed internally only. When we
>
>             switched to a public bugtracker, we could only export some entries since many
>
>             had confidential customer information. Those that were exported had to be
>
>             review by a person to make sure we were not violation any NDAs or
>
>             confidentiality.
>
>             That's the same reason why the code repository starts with Qt 4.5, not earlier
>
>             versions.
>
>                 "The version this bug is reported against is no longer supported..."
>
>                 The Nokia bug tracker was never going to just disappear (from our
>
>                 perspective). It did. Few, if any of the older bugs made it into the
>
>                 current database. Most were mass exterminated with
>
>             There was no Nokia database. We switched straight from the internal tdb
>
>             (that's what it was called) to JIRA.
>
>         There was a Nokia bug base as well, at least for a while. I
>         and others entered bugs into it back in the day. Your argument
>         also re-enforces a great many bugs "simply disappeared."
>
>                 I hear from quite a few companies in similar boats. They started
>
>                 development for a medical/industrial device which had a lengthy
>
>                 testing/approval process, filed bug reports for that version only to see
>
>                 them rot or fall victim to a mass extermination.
>
>             Most open source projects don't support old versions, since they don't have
>
>             the manpower to do so.
>
>                 The current owners of Qt and the current OpenSource maintainers don't
>
>                 offer or seem to understand the concept of an LTS (Long Term Support)
>
>                 version. They are constantly pursuing script kiddies and that worthless
>
>                 QML instead of maintaining the base which built them. This will soon
>
>                 force a fork in the OpenSource project. One which rips out all of the
>
>                 QML and focuses on nothing but bug fixes for 12 years. Yes, 12 years.
>
>             Again, offence taken.
>
>         Take all of the offense you want. Medical devices and
>         industrial controls need LTS versions, not resource hogging
>         QML features. Qt's chasing of the idiot phone market which has
>         6 months at best life spans is alienating and chasing away the
>         very industries which made Qt successful.
>
>             I don't know who plans on forking. There's no such division in the community,
>
>             so any attempt to do so will probably start with very few developers. Almost
>
>             certainly, fewer than critical mass to maintain the codebase.
>
>             See TQt (Trinity Project) for an example of a fork attempt.
>
>         It's easy to fork something you have been maintaining
>         internally for years. There _IS_ such a division. You don't
>         know about it because they don't come here. They justifiably
>         believe they've been abandoned. The relentless pursuit of "new
>         cool features" to please the phone crowd is causing the much
>         larger medical device and industrial control industries to
>         create their own LTS.
>
>         How many questions have you seen on here over the past 18
>         months about Qt 3? That project Harmman (sp?) calls about
>         periodically sells north of a million units per year and the
>         company is maintaining Qt 3 on its own so they can make minor
>         product enhancements which don't have to go though multi-year
>         clinical trials. They aren't the only calls I get about
>         products using Qt 3, 4.2, and the most likely soon to be
>         orphaned (if not already) 4.8. Every company I am contacted
>         about using earlier versions has their own staff maintaining
>         the code base today. They have had no other choice. If
>         anything, joining forces with someone who is not a competitor
>         but using the same tool set will lighten their load.
>
>         -- 
>
>         Roland Hughes, President
>
>         Logikal Solutions
>
>         (630)-205-1593
>
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>     -- 
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Vlad
>
>
>
> -- 
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> Logikal Solutions
> (630)-205-1593
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-- 
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(630)-205-1593

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