[Qt-interest] The argument for Qt

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday, 20 de October de 2011 19:37:32 Rui Maciel wrote:
> I don't believe that it is reasonable to tie Qt's future so closely to KDE's
> future.  KDE has been subjected to a hand full of major rewrites which
> included switching the underlying application framework.

You're probably referring to the Qt 3 to Qt 4 porting.

> Qt may be nice to
> use but I suspect it takes a whole lot of work to maintain and develop,
> particularly due to MOC.

That makes no sense. Yes, it is very hard to maintain it, but there's no 
reason why moc would make it more difficult.

> So, I wouldn't bet Qt's future on the idea that KDE will be around for some
> time.  KDE may actually be developed for ages, but nothing forces KDE to
> stick with Qt.

Yes, it does.

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