Qt Network Workshop 2016

Proposed Discussion Topics

• Redirection support
  • Should it be on by default
  • more configurable...
• The test server
  • How can we get the image
  • How can we add services etc.
• How can we better manage the various openssl builds?
  • The variations in build options, versions etc. between the platforms and distros has got to the point of insanity
• OpenSSL 1.1 support
• What are the main use cases for QtNetwork: HTTP(S)? Are there new use cases for e.g. IoT (UDP / UPnP etc.)?
• IoT
  • Identify areas of QtNetwork we should focus on (HTTP(S) / low level sockets)
  • Are there areas in QtNetwork to support the IoT story?
  • Is there input from sales or so?
• Performance
  • try to get rid of using the bearer classes (and thread) by default, they are seldomly used (this would imply deprecating QNetworkAccessManager::networkAccessible())
• New in 5.8
  • HTTP/2
  • OAuth 1+2