Thanks for the info Kai. That helps clarify the current state. I'm now regretting using WebEngine. :-)
--- Andy Maloney // https://asmaloney.com twitter ~ @asmaloney <https://twitter.com/asmaloney> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 8:28 AM Kai Koehne <kai.koe...@qt.io> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: 黄其泽 <hgoldf...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 9:58 AM > > To: Kai Koehne <kai.koe...@qt.io>; Qt Project <interest@qt-project.org> > > Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt 5.12 Official packages for MinGW 64 bit? > > > > I heard that the upstream Chromium supports clang for windows. > > Indeed. Actually Chromium is using clang on all platforms. > > > Will Qt > > official package provide clang version? > > We've been discussing this already occasionally, but there's no immediate > plan > to switch to clang. See https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-66664 for > tracking > this for WebEngine. Anyhow, we've mkspecs for clang (win32-clang-g++ and > win32-clang-msvc), so if somebody feels adventurous he can already give it > a go 😉 > It's just that this is a configuration that we don't test internally, nor > provide binaries > for. > > One of the problems is that upstream Chromium is apparently not using a > pristine > Clang compiler, but a custom one. Also, it's unclear how this would work > with other > Qt modules - would we have to build all of Qt with clang on Windows then, > or would the compilers be compatible enough? The latter one was the hope, > but until today it seems it doesn't even work for different MSVC compilers > ... > > Also, note that using Clang up to today still uses MSVC linker and SDK, so > you > need both a MSVC installation and clang. So it's not a full replacement of > e.g. MinGW. > > Regards > > Kai > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest >
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