[webkit-dev] Changes in QtWebKit development

[Allan Sandfeld Jensen]

On Monday 30 September 2013, Oliver Hunt wrote:
> On Sep 30, 2013, at 7:41 AM, Allan Sandfeld Jensen <kde at carewolf.com> wrote:
> > Some of this is exactly the reason we want to keep Qt WebKit alive. It
> > may never be possible to fully replace Qt WebKit with anything
> > Blink/Chromium based.
> 
> I really don’t understand this, there are only two options:
> 1. Qt Webkit is critical to you and you want to support and maintain it,
> and do all the work necessary for that; or 2. Qt WebKit is not critical,
> and so you could simply branch and have a permanent stable release
> platform similar to what the S60 port did years ago.
> 
> Currently you seem to be arguing for a third option, wherein all of the
> WebKit developers need to deal with your port, and be hamstrung by the
> numerous invasive Qt-isms scattered throughout the codebase, for a port
> that isn’t considered critical to its own platform.
> 
Actually I am arguing we should get rid of most of the invasive Qt'ism unless 
they are really required for Qt WebKit to even work. Many of them were only 
necessary due to having to support so many platforms. With a more narrow focus 
we can hopefully get rid of 90% of the burden. If it turns out not to be 
possible in the end, we can always leave after having helped as far as we 
could.

Best regards
`Allan