How about focussing on the 5.9 -> 5.12 transition instead? if you start from the work of jolla, you will speed up the process.
tortoisedoc On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 11:17 AM Alexander Akulich < akulichalexan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I experimented with a build in prefix in March 2018. I changed MER Qt > build configuration to make it trivial to install an arbitrary number > of versions simultaneously. I'll make PRs on git.merproject.org once > Qt-5.9 support will be merged to master. > There are two issues — wayland and virtual keyboard. I posted > instruction in Sailfish OS Fan Club group in Telegram, here it is: > > >// Qt 5.9 for Sailfish OS (installed to /usr/lib/qt5.9 simultaneously to > the system Qt) > >// To install (root or privileged): > >ssu ar qt-prefix-5.9 > http://repo.merproject.org/obs/home:/Kaffeine:/qt:/prefix:/5.9/latest_armv7hl > >zypper ref qt-prefix-5.9 > >zypper in qt5.9-qtquickcontrols2-examples qt5.9-qtwayland > > > >// To remove (root or privileged): > >zypper rm qt5.9* > > > >// To try out (nemo): > >QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/qt5.9/lib > /usr/lib/qt5.9/examples/quickcontrols2/gallery/gallery > > > >This is a very first success build, please do not expect much :). > > > >P.S.: Select Material style in the settings at the right top corner to > make the demo a bit nicer. > > I also mostly built Qt-5.11, but it is not an LTS and IMO not as big > step forward as 5.9, so I didn't evolve it. > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 8:44 PM rinigus <rinigus....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > sounds like there are porting and licensing issues on the way of getting > qt 5.9 for SFOS (see logs from the last #mer-meeting). Its all > understandable, but it would be great to get a way forward. Not sure > whether it has been considered by others and I wonder whether we can make a > separate Qt 5.12 packages for /opt/qt512? > > > > From a quick test, it is possible to run non-silica applications as well > (tested with qmlscene and QML with plain Window). In that test, even > keyboard worked as expected. Look was non-native, but let it be for now. > > > > So, I wonder, whether its possible to get Qt 5.12 compiled with > /opt/qt512 prefix and then use it for development using the latest libs > (new web browser?) and collaborate with other mobile Linux'es out there. As > far as I remember, Wayland was rather old and, maybe, it will preclude Qt > 5.12 compilation. @mal, though, had a newer version around and it may serve > a purpose for such project. Is there anything else that should be > considered? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rinigus > > > > PS: Please consider it as request-for-comment and not as any kind of > statement nor call-for-action :) > > _______________________________________________ > > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > > To unsubscribe, please send a mail to > devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > To unsubscribe, please send a mail to > devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org
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