> From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 00:46:09 +0100 > Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Texinfo <bug-texi...@gnu.org> > > I'm still trying to implement very basic functionality in the Qt code. > I will probably push on with it and see how far I get. If GTK is used > instead, the needed functionality would be present, and the Qt code > would be a prototype. > > I expect it would be easier to integrate GTK-based code with an automake > build system (Qt has its own build system tool, qmake). I understand > from reading various blogs and so forth that GTK has its own problems, > too. However, it is still plausible that it could be used. > > > Also, QtWebEngine relies on bits of Chromium, which is a real challenge > > from a software freedom viewpoint and from a security viewpoint, to the > > point that we ended up removing it from our Qt builds in Guix: > > > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/qt.scm#n143 > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-06/msg00302.html > > Those messages don't give a very promising picture.
In case people aren't aware: AFAIK there's also a legal problem with Qt itself, in that its license is GPLv3, without the "or later" clause.
