[webkit-qt] webkit2, v8, diplomacy

[Coda Highland]

> But V8 is the engine of QML so if you use the QML API of QtWebKit for
> Qt5 then V8 is loaded de-facto.
<snip>
> QML developers moved away from JSC (Qt4) so they will not move back for sure.
<snip>
> V8 apparently was faster for QML use cases.
<snip>
> Apparently QML guys does have a lot of benefits using V8 directly so...

"Apparently" isn't an answer. "This is how it is" isn't an answer. I'm
looking for technical answers and explanations, not just responses
that don't actually provide any information.

> To make it short : V8 has a stable API, JSC not. That's kind of a
> problem for project which doesn't move at the same peace. JSC guys are
> not very encline to add API that serves other use cases than a Web JS
> Engine.

This is the only useful response I've seen in the last two years.

/s/ Adam