Qt 5.6/QtWebkit

[Aleix Pol]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 10:54 AM, René J. V. <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:
> David Edmundson wrote:
>
>> There was a thread "Policy regarding QtWebKit and QtScript" on
>> kde-core-devel a while ago.
>> http://kde.6490.n7.nabble.com/Policy-regarding-QtWebKit-and-QtScript-td1619988.html
>
> What I'm missing (as in not getting) in that discussion is the whole thing about
> (Qt)WebKit upstream.
>
> IIUC, WebKit was developed by Apple based on KHtml, and AFAIK WebKit is still
> the basis for their Safari browser, and the sources are still available (e.g.
> http://opensource.apple.com/release/os-x-10112/).
>
> Do I have to deduce that QtWebKit isn't "just" a Qt interface to WebKit,
> maintained by the Qt Comp - because it is I don't see how security updates could
> have stopped?

WebKit integration was done through forking then integrating. It was
awkward because merging upstream changes meant rebasing our work on
theirs.
That's why it's Chromium is better in this regard, you get to interact
the upstream component without forking it, AFAIU.

Aleix