“Recently Mark Shuttleworth wrote about how Qt will become part
of the Ubuntu 11.10 desktop, and that Qt-based apps will eventually
be considered as possible default Ubuntu apps. Obviously, this
would be a big change from using GTK-only applications (that is,
aside from Firefox and Open/Libreoffice applications), but Mark
encourages GNOME developers to consider using Qt, too. He writes,
“Perhaps GNOME itself will embrace Qt, perhaps not, but if it does
then our willingness to blaze this trail would be a contribution in
leadership.”“I agree on this, and think that enabling usage of Qt in GNOME
projects would be a contribution in leadership. It would be great
if developers had the option of using tools like Qt Creator and Qt
Quick when building applications for GNOME-based desktops (or other
devices!).“The question is: How do you make that happen? All technical
matters aside, how do you encourage GNOME developers to consider
using Qt for their applications?”
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