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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add qtwebkit.
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:22:14 -0400
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On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 11:26:01AM +0200, Thomas Danckaert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this patch adds QtWebKit 5.7 as a separate package (hopefully this
> will reduce security concerns: only packages which really need
> QtWebKit will include it).
> 
> QtWebKit is not officially supported anymore as of Qt 5.6, so this is
> a “community release” (not exactly sure what that entails, or if this
> includes any updates at all since the Qt 5.5 version).  I suppose many
> projects are switching to Qt WebEngine, and there are some efforts to
> create an updated version of QtWebKit
> (https://github.com/annulen/webkit), but in the mean time, this
> package might help build packages which still rely on the old
> QtWebKit.

Interesting!

Is there any official statement from Qt about these "community
releases"? I see that it is hosted on qt.io, so presumably they are
somehow blessed by Qt, but I'd like more information.