QtQuick 2.0?

[Stephen Kelly]

FYI QtQuick 2 will not be compatible with QtQuick 1.x. Something to keep in 
mind, that there may be a migration step.

context:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.qt.qml/2499

Alan Alpert wrote:

> On Wed, 4 May 2011 03:39:22 ext Jason H wrote:
>> I thought with modularization, that what is in "qt 4.8" should matter
>> less and less.
>> 
>> For instance, there is a QML2 plugin that will work with QML1
>> http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/05/03/qml-shadereffectitem-on-
qgraphicsview/
>> If everything except the core is a plug in, then what is in 4.8 should be
>> less relevant.
>> 
> 
> That plugin is a QML1 plugin designed to emulate a QML2 element. As far as
> I'm aware, it is a completely different element (C++-wise). But it does
> aim for QML source compatibility, like the QML2 elements designed to act
> like the QML1 elements we all know and love. Modularization doesn't do
> anything to solve this problem, alas, as QtQuick 1 and QtQuick 2 will
> still be incompatible.
> 
> Plugins may contain just QML1 or QML2 items, and while they can contain
> both it is likely that you'd have to implement each one semi-separately in
> C++. So this is not the most graceful version bump. On the plus side, it's
> still a ways away (still a 'research' stage project and so not tied to any
> release). I don't know when 4.8 is being released, so I can't say it won't
> end up in 4.8, but right now it's not in any release.
>