[Releasing] Removal of engin.io from Qt 5.7

[Turunen Tuukka]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nowacki Jedrzej
> Sent: keskiviikkona 27. tammikuuta 2016 17.41
> To: releasing at qt-project.org
> Cc: Knoll Lars <Lars.Knoll at theqtcompany.com>; Turunen Tuukka
> <tuukka.turunen at theqtcompany.com>
> Subject: Re: [Releasing] Removal of engin.io from Qt 5.7
> 
> What is the idea for Qt5.6 which is LTS? Does it make sense to include
> QtEnginio there?
> 

As decided earlier it is included in the Qt 5.6.0 packages, but marked as deprecated. As such, it is not subject to the LTS promise. It can be dropped out from some patch release of Qt 5.6.x, if it not longer needed.

Yours,

	Tuukka


> Cheers,
>   Jędrek
> 
> On Tuesday 26 of January 2016 07:45:12 Knoll Lars wrote:
> > +1 for removing. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to have it
> > +without the
> > backend :)
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Lars
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 26/01/16 08:30, "Releasing on behalf of Turunen Tuukka"
> > <releasing-bounces at qt-project.org on behalf of
> > tuukka.turunen at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >I would like to propose removal of the engin.io cloud service support
> > >module Enginio (http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/enginio-index.html) from Qt 5.7
> > >release packages. It has
> >
> > > been deprecated since Qt 5.6 and no longer developed further.
> > >
> > >
> > >Also the backend will be shut down most likely during H2/16:
> > >
> > >http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/01/26/notification-for-all-qt-cloud-servi
> > >ces-us
> > >ers
> > ><http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/01/26/notification-for-all-qt-cloud-serv
> > >ices-> >users/>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >There are many good things in the engin.io service, but it never
> > >really gained enough momentum. The code of Enginio module remains in
> > >the Qt repositories, in case it is later seen useful for further use.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Qt is actively used with many different cloud services already.
> > >Perhaps with somewhat more effort than was needed to use engin.io.
> > >“Cloud compatibility” is very relevant for Qt and with the effort
> > >saved from developing
> >
> > > and maintaining Enginio module, we should be able to improve in that
> > > area even further.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Yours,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >                             Tuukka
> > >
> > >
> >
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