[Qgis-developer] QtWebKit 2.3

[enricofer]

I Agree with Tom. I have several plugins not released due to QWebKit
issues. It would be wonderful to have an up to date Qgis LTR supporting
QwebKit 2.3, before Qgis 3.0.
https://forum.qt.io/topic/57899/building-qt-4-8-7-and-qtwebkit-2-3-4-separately-with-vs2012-on-windows

2016-02-25 12:10 GMT+01:00 Tom Chadwin [via OSGeo.org] <
ml-node+s1560n5252791h90 at n6.nabble.com>:

> OpenLayers is moving away from the Closure library. This is A Good Thing,
> as abandoning Closure will decrease OpenLayers' filesize considerably.
>
> However, it means that OpenLayers now doesn't work on older browsers.
> While not a big deal for end-users' desktop browsers, as very few are
> affected, it's a problem for QGIS plugin developers.
>
> Qt4.8 uses QtWebKit 2.2 (I believe), and this *is* affected. It can be
> fixed by adding two polyfills (likely to increase in number in the future).
>
> qgis2web uses QtWebKit for its preview, so I've had to add the polyfills.
> I don't like doing this, as it adds bloat, and at the moment (unless I
> redesign the code), the polyfills are added to exported maps as well, which
> really don't need them.
>
> QtWebKit 2.3 was developed and released as a community project, outwith
> the Qt project. 2.3 includes an up-to-date WebKit version, so it would fix
> these problems. Can anyone give an opinion on whether it would be possible
> to package QtWebKit 2.3 with qgis2web?
>
> I obviously realize that QGIS3 will remove this issue, with Qt5. However,
> QGIS3 is a while off yet - there will be several OL3 releases until then -
> and QGIS2 is likely to remain in use for a long time.
>
> Does anyone have an opinion, or any expertise in this area?
>
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