Morning, Slava, would you mind to check out which licensing terms prevent QtLocation specifically? Or maybe someone else knows specifics? Is there any hope that the situation would change in future?
I wonder whether all platforms are hit by it or whether Ubuntu Touch complies with the new terms and, as a result, has an advantage when compared to SFOS in this case. Best wishes, Rinigus On Tue Jan 3 10:20:55 2017 GMT+0100, Slava Monich wrote: > As far as I understand, QtLocation license terms have changed and that > prevents it from being upgraded to 5.6 which is its first stable > release. That's why it's not allowed and won't be allowed even after the > rest of Qt is upgraded to 5.6. > > Qt 5.6 is coming with the next update. Those modules that can't be > upgraded due to licensing restrictions will stay at 5.2. > > Cheers, > -Slava > > > > Hello Sailors! > > > > As I already told you, I am working on the Berlin Vegan guide for > > SailfishOS: > > > > <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/tree/development> > > <https://openrepos.net/content/micuintus/berlin-vegan> > > > > Recently, I added a map feature to the app: > > > > <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/issues/41> > > > > But to my astonishment, I realized that using QtLocation is currently > > rejected > > by the Harbour RPM validator: > > > >> Requires > >> ======== > >> ERROR [libQt5Location.so.5] Cannot require shared library: > >> 'libQt5Location.so.5' ERROR [qt5-plugin-geoservices-osm] Dependency not > >> allowed > >> ERROR [qt5-qtdeclarative-import-location] Dependency not allowed > >> ERROR [qt5-qtlocation] Dependency not allowed > > Can you tell me why? > > > > QtLocation is listed to be available here > > > > <https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Qt> > > > > and, apart from that, AFAIK Jolla was one of the main contributors to the > > QtLocation module. > > > > > > > > Furthermore, I noticed that some features of the QML Map object seem to be > > broken or missing at the moment: > > > > * fitViewportToMapItems() does not have an effect > > * 'preventStealing' is not available > > * etc. > > > > Will these features be available and work once Qt is updated to 5.6? > > Will QtLocation be allowed for harbour store apps > > once Qt 5.6 is (officially) available for Sailfish? > > > > And when can I expect Qt 5.6 to be released for SailfishOS? ;) > > > > Cheers, > > micu > > > > PS: Happy new year to everyone! > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > To unsubscribe, please send a mail to devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.or _______________________________________________ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list To unsubscribe, please send a mail to devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org
