[Qgis-developer] QtWebKit (Debian testing) future

[Matthias Kuhn]

On 05/06/16 10:27, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> On 03-06-16 14:55, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>> On 06/03/2016 10:31 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>>> Il 03/06/2016 10:14, Richard Duivenvoorde ha scritto:
>>>
>>>> Any hints we could give python dev's?
>>> Please start an howto where to accumulate tips and tricks for plugin
>>> migration.
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>> This is not related to migration.
>>
>> It's only Debian that decided to remove QtWebKit for Qt4 (on unstable if
>> I am not mistaken).
>> QtWebKit is available for Qt5. And on every other platform still for Qt4.
>>
>> The time may eventually come when QWebEngine will be a full replacement
>> for QtWebKit. But as far as I know, it's not yet there.
>>
>> So I'd not make any noise around the issue.
> yes, sorry for the noise, it is currently a problem for us as 'Debian
> testing' users only, but the rest of the world is still ok..
>
> @Matthias so part of the migration script/notes would be porting to
> QWebEngineView/QtWebEngine from QWebview/QtWebKit

No, that will not be part of the migration.

 * QtWebKit is still there and will still be there in the near future.
With Qt5 builds even on Debian testing.
 * As far as I know QtWebEngine is not yet on par with respect to features.

Matthias
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
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