Qt5 -> KDE5?

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Monday 09 May 2011 12:27:14 Maksim Orlovich wrote:
> I am probably being a bit selfish here, but I don't see how we can
> ever build on a toolkit that requires OpenGL ES2.0 level hardware.
I think it would make sense to have at least optionally the legacy code (QWidget + X11) 
without an OpenGL ES requirement. For QML2 and QWidget on Wayland the GLES 
requirement makes sense.
> That would leave many machines that currently run KDE4 solidly (e.g.
> my laptop) unable to run KDE5 for no good reason. I doubt it's the
> only one out there with a laptop with decent CPU and memory specs and
> lousy graphics card.
It's not only leaving quite some hardware behind, it's also that I doubt that the free driver 
stack will be anywhere close to the maturity required for all applications using OpenGL. If I 
consider the trouble we have with just one application defaulting to OpenGL...

Cheers
Martin
> 
> 
> On 5/9/11, Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic at kde.org> wrote:
> >>  - It should be mostly source compatible with Qt4, and is just an
> >> opportunity
> >> to break binary compatibility.
> >
> > Well, even if we do nothing, we are breaking ABI. So, from my point of
> > view, this is a perfect time to do some API cleanup (all those
> > deprecated methods, faking virtuals with slots etc.)
> >
> >>  - QWidget just stay for compatibility. All focus is put on QML. Do not
> >> expect
> >> new development on QWidgets from Nokia.
> >
> > Which doesn't mean there will be no development at all. I guess others
> > (and us) will continue developing those classes since (1) they are way
> > more mature than qml (2) a lot of code is written above them.
> >
> >>  - Do we want "KDE 5" to be a big change, or just a small increment?
> >
> > Do we need a big change? I don't think so - we are already fantastic :)
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheerio,
> > Ivan
> >
> > --
> > While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words
> > Dying to believe in what you heard
> > I was staring straight into the shining sun
> >
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