and to start ... just be able to deploy a qt quick2 application on mac ... macdeployqt is broken for 5.1 and it seems that nobody care about it...
2013/7/12 Jan Farø <[email protected]> > Hi all, > > this is basically a copy of a post I made on http://qt-project.org/forums, > and I was encouraged to post it here as well as to increase the probability > of targeting the right audience - you developers. > > I have been lurking in the forums for a while, but due to the frustrations > I’m having with the state of Qt for Mac OS, I decided to sign up in order > to vent those frustratations (and questions) in a place where it actually > might help. > > I am in the final stages of rewriting a somehow complex (at least for me) > application to Qt from Java Swing. The time has come to focus on UI > details, and this is where Qt gives me grey hairs. I started out developing > in Qt 4.8, and experienced several issues that didn’t work on the Mac (From > the top of my head: Overlays on video widgets), or just looked plain wrong > in Mac OS context (For example: Table rows with alternate row colors does > not extend to the bottom if only containing a few rows; list view items > does not scroll properly if setting an item widget). > > Hoping that Qt5 would solve some of these problems (apart from reaping > benefit from the great added features like JSON and serial device support), > I have patiently waited for Qt5 to evolve from beta to 5.1 at the current > point. Still, I’m seeing the same issues. Still. On top of that, classes > like QtSingleApplication are not yet there. The unified toolbar on the Mac > is gone, externalized to qtmacextras, which is still not ready. Compiling > the latest version is not possible because of errors. > > Bottom line is that creating a professionally looking/behaving application > on the Mac is not yet possible with Qt 5.1, and not with Qt 4.8 either if > requiring certain features – unless you know how to fix the underlying > problems, and I certainly don’t. > > What I struggle to understand is the strategic choices being made by the > team responsible. Now, I am in general very happy about Qt, and I am > admiring the effort that is being done. I understand that creating a cross > platform framework is an incredibly complex task, even more so on the UI > side. But – seeing versions for iOS and Android being rolled out, seeing > funky demos that obviously takes time and effort to develop (the “Live > widgets in Castle Wolfenstein” demo comes to mind), I strongly feel that > the development priorities are not balanced – especially having in mind > that the project is commercially backed. > > I do understand that the competition on the mobile market is fierce, and > that strategically it’s crucial to roll out support for the mobile > platforms as fast as possible. But please, please please… don’t forget the > desktop platforms – and don’t forget the Mac. Consolidate the existing > platforms, then expand. That would be my strategy; but who am I to say that. > > Sorry about the rant – however, I doubt I’m the only one experiencing > these frustrations. Is there any timeline of the completion of qtmacextras > and QtSingleApplication? > > Kind regards, > > Jan Faroe > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development >
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