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My understanding is that the Qt 6 build system is vastly easier to work with. Also, Audacity is not the first major FOSS project to successfully migrate from w
by MrDOS 1mo ago
My understanding is that the Qt 6 build system is vastly easier to work with.
Also, Audacity is not the first major FOSS project to successfully migrate from wxWidgets to Qt: Dolphin, the GameCube/Wii emulator, made a similar migration several years ago[0][1][2][3].
[0]: https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2017/06/03/dolphin-progress-report-may-2017/#qt-ie-patootie https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2017/06/03/dolphin-progress-rep...
[1]: https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2018/02/03/dolphin-progress-report-january-2018/#irresistibly-qt https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2018/02/03/dolphin-progress-rep...
[2]: https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2018/05/02/legend-dolphin-lens-between-worlds/ https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2018/05/02/legend-dolphin-lens-...
[3]: https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2018/07/06/dolphin-progress-report-june-2018/#50-8279-remove-dolphinwx-by-spycrab0 https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2018/07/06/dolphin-progress-rep...
- Joel_Mckay 1mo ago>Qt 6 build system is vastly easier to work with. The Audacity team imported their existing Qt interface code from a previous project. Depending on the design, the code smell could have a lot of vestigial parts unrelated to the new project. I have always seen FOSS as the last stop for public domain software. It is supposed to become the stable road future kids walk down to become professionals. The Qt framework is often antithetical to that goal in my opinion. =3 Rule #3: popularity is not an indication of utility.
- ihujonigyin 29d ago[flagged]
- Joel_Mckay 29d agoDon't worry about it =3
- germandiago 29d agoI recall (could be wrong, talk from the top of my head), VLC also did it years ago.
- Joel_Mckay 29d agoYou are correct, but did VLC become more stable and easier to maintain? Maybe... =3