[webkit-qt] For WebKit2 developers - newer Qt5, bug fixing

[Jarred Nicholls]

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Alexis Menard
<alexis.menard at openbossa.org>wrote:

>
> On 30/09/2011, at 04:43, Osztrogonac Csaba <oszi at inf.u-szeged.hu> wrote:
>
> > Dear QtWebKittens,
>
> Yo
>
> >
> > Yesterday evening we made the "x86-32 Linux Qt Release WebKit2" buildbot
> on
> > http://build.webkit.sed.hu/waterfall?category=core use newer Qt5
> revision
> > (revision after Qt5 refactoring)
> >
> > And then Tor Arne landed a buildfix for WebKit trunk:
> http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/96345
> >
> > Unfortunately with newer Qt there are 10605 new failing test. It is a
> _very very big_ number,
> > approximately half of the tests. I skipped all of them not to kill the
> buildbot master.
> > (Skip tests: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/96355)
> >
> > But we should stop for a minute in this crazy developing race and make
> allowance for QA.
>
> The crazy development race is more on Qt5 than WebKit. With the big beast
> landed in Qt5 it's more little things that should be changed in the future.
> For now since this merge we were just firefighting (build fixes, event
> delivery broken, ...). So yes we are trying to fix :). In the other hand
> with Qt5 new and QtWebKit2 don't expect high quality QA for now as we need
> to get major architectural changes in, API refactor, ... When Qt5 will enter
> in stabilization phase we can do so and then we can all focus on QA to get
> it in shape for a release.
>
> > I filed a meta bug: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69104 . It
> would be great
> > if we can fix these regressions _as soon as possible_ to hit the test
> coverage before
> > Qt5 refactoring.
>
> I haven't give a try myself as I work on my dev days presentation but
> what's wrong with those tests? Do you have an idea? With WebKit1 slowly
> phasing away we should all focus on WebKit2, *WebKit1 trunk is something
> nobody uses.*
>

I beg to differ - though for all intents in purposes...you're right ;)


>
> >
> > br,
> > Ossy
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