QtMultimedia V. Phonon -- The full story?

[Ryan Rix]

Hi guys,

I'm currently trying to start a KDE beat for next week's Fedora Weekly News, 
and was hoping I could get a little clearing up on the whole state of 
QtMultimedia in Qt 4.6.

What I know:
* Qt pulled Phonon into its API for the 4.4 release.
* QtMobility is creating a second Multimedia API which will be lower level 
than Phonon which will be in Qt 4.6 under a QtMultimedia namespace.
* Fedora-KDE will be meeting next week with the upstream (kde) developers 
regarding the future of Phonon in KDE.
* Some Fedora-KDE members (Kevin, Sho_, Rex(?)) believe the API to be 
inferior and may end up becoming the main Multimedia API in Qt as Phonon 
becomes older and older (via IRC logs)

What I don't know:
* What does this mean for KDE for KDE now, KDE4.4 (which will be on Qt 4.6?) 
and the future of the project in general? 
* Will KDE apps begin using QtMultimedia (or a KDE derivative) over Phonon?
* How do Fedora-KDE developers feel about this possible change and the new 
API in general? There is, as always, both sides to the issue and I want to 
capture both.

Sorry if I sound ignorant on the subject (I am) and thanks for helping me 
out. This'll be in FWN next week under the (new) KDE beat if I can get a 
handle on this issue.

Good night,
Ryan

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