Thread: QT5.6 (Dec15) to be Long Term Support - implications for Sailfish?
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mick3_de is offline mick3_de
2015-07-02 , 12:54
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Originally Posted by m4r0v3r View Post
I assume because the Jolla it limited by its hardware and it has to be ensured that Qt 5.5 won't bring any determinal performance issues, since on PCs its not as much of an issue, and Android Qt isnt the primary toolkit,
True, but isn't actually the point of newer Qt point releases also to bring performance improvements and lot's of bug fixes?

while for Jolla the UX is built on Qt,
Don't you see the irony that a device what is build on the premise of Qt lags the newest improvements of the toolkit compared to all other platforms?

also what APIs does it bring that you want?
I think it would be really great to have an updated Qt WebKit or even the new Qt WebEngine module. All apps rendering web content including 3rd party web browsers would greatly benefit from it. Also Jolla could switch finally to GStreamer 1.x with Qt Multimedia. Besides this the SFOS SDK could use a newer version of Qt Creator for development.

Qt 5.2 still used in the latest SFOS came out the same time as the Jolla phone in December 2013. Don't you think it's time for an update at least for SFOS 2?