During the OS/2 User Meeting last Weekend we had the Chance to discuss this Topic as well.
I will post my 2 Cents about this here based on the informations we have been presented there and from what I have read/heard elsewhere so far:
- The Project title is somewhat misleading in my opinion: it should be named as: "Sponsorship for a QT5 port needed"
- There is no clear Roadmap regarding a browser: wich will be the one of choice?
- Therefore it is not clear: what is needed at all to complete such a Task? QT5, Rust? Else?
- The Project Goal is 10.000 Dollar where Roderick stated that already 6.500 have been collected, as some "unknown" or "do not want to be named Person" already donated 5.000 Dollar in Bitcoins in Addition. Roderick said that this Money would be enough to work for 3 or 4 months on the QT port. But he estimated the QT port itself would take at least 6 to 9 month to work on...
And for some Browser Alternatives there is even no Need to have QT5 ported.
So this Project is more or less a shot in the dark so far. It is not clear where it leads to nor when it will be completed. Roderick stated that it is better to have a movement than None.
I appriciate all the Things done by Roderick and BWW and all others involved, but not having a plan at all - other than porting QT5 first and looking where this will lead to - is not a good way in my opinion.
I think it would be a good idea to
- make the decision first where to invest the Money in
- give more Information about this at all
- so: to Show a plan.
Hi Sigurd.
I think that your post has a point and that it will be interesting for OS2VOICE and Roderick to reply to the questions.
On my opinion I support this effort even if it is a Qt 5 port only (no browser yet). I know there are PM exclusive lovers that don't want to try anything else, but Qt has shown that a can provide a lot of apps to the OS/2 platform. While some people counts the micro-seconds to load a Qt app compared to PM, they don't see all the potential new applications we can get from the open source world and the ported Qt4 apps we already have.
While every one is worried on the "short term" strategy on getting drivers for ArcaOS, this is the only open source effort I have seen from the community that belongs to a "middle term strategy" to maintain the platform current by supporting a newer framework to provide more apps. So it is worthy the shot to get Qt 5.
I share the same doubts that you posted, and I thank you for posting those, but I'm also thinking that OS2VOICE and Roderick is doing this in good faith and relaying in a group/company (Bitwise) that has delivered OS/2 projects on the past.
Regards