[SailfishDevel] QtLocation | Qt 5.6

[Rinigus]

Morning,

Slava, would you mind to check out which licensing terms prevent QtLocation specifically? Or maybe someone else knows specifics? Is there any hope that the situation would change in future? 

I wonder whether all platforms are hit by it or whether Ubuntu Touch complies with the new terms and, as a result, has an advantage when compared to SFOS in this case.

Best wishes,

Rinigus  

On Tue Jan 3 10:20:55 2017 GMT+0100, Slava Monich wrote:
> 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!
> 
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