[Freeciv-Dev] Re: qt

[Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Yannick Maret wrote:

> To make an easier (and cleaner) port accros various platform: why not using 
> qt? There is a non-commercial version at www.trolltech.com!!

That would be interesting yes. Someone started a QT port some years ago
but we didn't feel it was a good idea at the time because of it being
non-GPL back then.
However, IMHO, a QT port wouldn't be a good idea for porting to Win32.
I have tried the non-commercial version and it feels sluggish and
non-standard even with the Windows theme. The Windows port must be a
native port, the platform is large enough to justify such an effort.

If you do want to make a QT client port, IMHO you should make it for KDE
and dispel any other porting considerations you may have.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa