[osg-users] Feedback/guidance sought on move of osgQt out into it's own project/repository

[Robert Osfield]

Hi Werner,

The key problem we have is that the osgQt can't support both Qt4 and
Qt5 without rebuilding osgQt.  This is fine if you build the OSG
yourself, but for distributions that include OSG binaries have to
choose between OSG with Qt4 or Qt5.  This just doesn't work for all
end users, it's broken and can't be fixed while Qt is directly
integrated into the OSG.

Once osgQt is out of the core OSG there will be the potential for
supporting both Qt4 and Qt5.  How best to manage this needs to be
something that the OSG Qt community decide to manage.

Robert.



On 6 September 2016 at 14:49, Werner Modenbach
<Werner.Modenbach at texion.eu> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> if I recognized well, there are still frequent questions on the list about
> Qt-interface in OSG.
> At least we are using it very intensely. There was not much move in the
> interface since long and so
> we just take it as it was and as it works so far.
> The threading problem is a bit unsatisfactory but we learned to live with
> it.
>
> For us it would be a big problem if further compatibility between OSG and Qt
> would break.
> I fully understand that you like to focus on the real OSG related tasks.
> I have no idea what the best way would be for the future.
> Unfortunately I also have not enough expertise to support Qt interface.
>
> But I instantly hope there will be a good solution.
>
> - Werner -
>
>
> Am 06.09.2016 um 15:09 schrieb Robert Osfield:
>
> Do we not have any Qt users anymore? No one care enough to chip in?
>
> I'm not going to wait around forever before making decisions.  I need
> to get on with moving the OSG towards OSG-3.6.
>
> The OSG/Qt users need to decide how they want to progress from here
> once osgQt has been move out from the core OSG.  If you don't step up
> then osgQt will likely languish unloved and unsupported. I don't have
> the Qt expertise to do the support, you guys need to step up.
> _______________________________________________
> osg-users mailing list
> osg-users at lists.openscenegraph.org
> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
>
>
> --
> TEXION Software Solutions, Rotter Bruch 26a, D-52068 Aachen
> Phone: +49 241 475757-0
> Fax: +49 241 475757-29
> Web: http://texion.eu
> eMail: info at texion.eu
>
> _______________________________________________
> osg-users mailing list
> osg-users at lists.openscenegraph.org
> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
>