[Qt5-feedback] QAnchorLayout

[Philippe]

> Widgets are "Done", meaning no new features. We will not add QAnchorLayout, no 
> matter how much you ask.
>
> We can, however, publish the research and let you use it in your own 
> applications, at your own risk. No bug reports will be accepted, though.

That would be great of course :-)

BTW, with the new open source/governance approach, what happens if some
"external" programmers bring a good class in a domain which is 'done',
as widgets' domain is. Is it rejected or accepted (as far as the stuff
is good, of course).

Philippe

On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:24:39 +0200
Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:

> Em Saturday, 4 de June de 2011, às 09:48:19, Philippe escreveu:
> > In the same way there is a "QGraphicsAnchorLayout", I wish there could
> > be also a "QAnchorLayout" for widgets.
> 
> We have that researched. But it was never released.
> 
> > After 4.6 was released, I was told this would happen in a future release,
> > but I have seen no mention of it later.
> > 
> > I have understood that widget stuff is not a priority anymore, but I
> > believe that class would be important to add. That's maybe the only thing I
> > am missing in the classical widget classes.
> 
> You misunderstand. It's not that widgets aren't a priority.
> 
> Widgets are "Done", meaning no new features. We will not add QAnchorLayout, no 
> matter how much you ask.
> 
> We can, however, publish the research and let you use it in your own 
> applications, at your own risk. No bug reports will be accepted, though.
> 
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