[Qt-interest] odt support in qt

[Joshua Grauman]

Hey, thanks for informing me!

Josh

>>>> Calligra libs depend on KDE libraries.
>>>>
>>>> Girish
>>>
>>>
>>> Is the implication that it should therefore be avoided by Qt developers?
>>
>> Not exactly, but who wants to add all of KDE as a dependency to an app for
>> just one function.
>
> That's a difficult question to answer. It depends on what you think 'all of
> KDE' is and why you think you'd need all of it for odt features. I might
> need to blow away myths before even beginning to create an answer. It's not
> all roses of course, but it's almost certainly not as bad as you think, (or
> as bad as I thought when I started investigating).
>
>> That's a lot of work, extra packaging, bloat to apps,
>> etc. If the functionality is important enough, sure, or if you want to
>> make a KDE app that uses lots of other KDE functions, but if you're just
>> making a Qt app, the less dependencies the better... (especially for
>> mobile apps). My $.02.
>
> We are working on addressing these kinds of concerns.
>
> http://community.kde.org/KDE_Core/Modularization
>
>>
>> Josh
>
>
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