[Merkaartor] Merkaartor Mobile

[Alessandro Briosi]

Hi Cris,

Chris Browet ha scritto:
>         I don't know about the Qt -> Qtopia way.
> 
> 
>     Once you know what's in and what's out it's only a matter of using
>     some defines to get it to build. Until 4.4 won't be released WebKit
>     part won't be supported.
> 
> 
> Man, I'm not a newbie in programming. That's actually my day-to-day job.
> For your information, we are officially at 4.4.0 since about may 1st, 
> 4.4.1 since july 31st..
>
Was talking about qtopia 4.4 (which is just not opensource yet), and of 
course I knew you were a programmer ;)

> 
>     Actually there's not really a need to own a phone to do development,
>     simply use the qvfb and build for x86 target.
> 
> 
> The fact is that opensource programming is people having a need, 
> implementing it, and sharing it for the good of everybody. I don't know 
> if there is much OS programmers doing stuff just to please other people.
> 
> Sorry pal, but what would be my incentive to spent time porting 
> Merkaartor to Qtopia?
> If it's so easy, you're welcome to submit patches, as I'm assuming you 
> own such a device.
> 
> 
that's understandable (maybe a wince device was more probable).
As I understood you are porting to wince. So it's a step forward to port 
to qtopia/qt-embedded anyway.

> 
>     if you need further info or help let me know (not that I'm so
>     expert, but I have migrated a few apps to Qtopia).
> 
> 
> Why not Merkaartor, then? Please, go on...

well was more a thing for others maybe aiming on doing it, but I wasn't 
clear enough.
If time will let me, I'll give it a shot...

> 
> P.S.: Ok, ok, I shouldn't have replied to this. I just couldn't resist...

Well, there's always something to learn, and experience made me not take 
it personally anymore ;) .

Alessandro