[SailfishDevel] QtLocation | Qt 5.6

[Slava Monich]

As far as I understand, QtLocation license terms have changed and that 
prevents it from being upgraded to 5.6 which is its first stable 
release. That's why it's not allowed and won't be allowed even after the 
rest of Qt is upgraded to 5.6.

Qt 5.6 is coming with the next update. Those modules that can't be 
upgraded due to licensing restrictions will stay at 5.2.

Cheers,
-Slava


> Hello Sailors!
>
> As I already told you, I am working on the Berlin Vegan guide for SailfishOS:
>
>      <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/tree/development>
>      <https://openrepos.net/content/micuintus/berlin-vegan>
>
> Recently, I added a map feature to the app:
>
>      <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/issues/41>
>
> But to my astonishment, I realized that using QtLocation is currently rejected
> by the Harbour RPM validator:
>
>> Requires
>> ========
>> ERROR [libQt5Location.so.5] Cannot require shared library:
>> 'libQt5Location.so.5' ERROR [qt5-plugin-geoservices-osm] Dependency not
>> allowed
>> ERROR [qt5-qtdeclarative-import-location] Dependency not allowed
>> ERROR [qt5-qtlocation] Dependency not allowed
> Can you tell me why?
>
> QtLocation is listed to be available here
>
>      <https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Qt>
>
> and, apart from that, AFAIK Jolla was one of the main contributors to the
> QtLocation module.
>
>
>
> Furthermore, I noticed that some features of the QML Map object seem to be
> broken or missing at the moment:
>
>      * fitViewportToMapItems() does not have an effect
>      * 'preventStealing' is not available
>      * etc.
>
> Will these features be available and work once Qt is updated to 5.6?
> Will QtLocation be allowed for harbour store apps
> once Qt 5.6 is (officially) available for Sailfish?
>
> And when can I expect Qt 5.6 to be released for SailfishOS? ;)
>
> Cheers,
> micu
>
> PS: Happy new year to everyone!