[webkit-qt] WebKit, Qt and V8

[Andras Becsi]

Hi Vin,

Currently building QtWebKit with V8 is not supported on trunk, we are in  
transition of removing our external V8 dependency and moving to the V8  
tree shipped with QtScript.

On Wed, 18 May 2011 12:05:46 +0200, Subs Vin <subsvin at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Also, the buildbot for x86-32 Linux Qt V8  
> (http://www.sed.hu/webkit/qtbuildbot/builders/x86-32%20Linux%20Qt%20V8)has  
> been offline since Mar 8, 2011.

During the transition we ceased to maintain the V8 build, so the V8 bot  
was switched off.
The last QtWebKit version which should certainly work with a git V8 of  
that time is
r78226 (b8202cec14c7af1bfa99e588a7984cef3bc9b00f)

However this is highly experimental, and only intended for  
proof-of-concept usage.

>  I have few questions - Please could somebody answer them for me
> a) How do I build QtWebkit with V8? Is there any alternative other than  
> the build-webkit --qt --v8 script?

If everything is going like planned, the experimental feature will be  
reintroduced some time next week in trunk, unfortunately only with a qt  
development branch from:

https://qt.gitorious.org/+qt-developers/qt/qtscript-staging

> b) I see that the QtWebkit 2.2 release is coming up during June 2011, is  
> V8 supported on that?

It won't support building with V8.

> c) Is the Qt bridge working with V8 engine?

Support is supposed to work for the modularized Qt 5, but this is an  
experiment so there is no ETA.


BR,
Andras