Lars Knoll, creator of the KHTML engine developed for KDE, which became the basis for the browsers Safari and Chrome, announced his departure from the position of Technical Director of Qt Company and Chief Maintainer of Qt after 25 years of work within the ecosystem of this project. According to Lars, after his departure, the project will remain in reliable hands and will continue to develop according to the same principles. His motivation for leaving is the desire to try something different, aside from the Qt framework, which he has been involved with since his student days.
His new workplace will be a startup established together with one of the founders of Trolltech. Details of the new project are not yet provided, only that it is not related to the C++ language and tools for developers. Until the end of June, Lars will continue to work on Qt at the same pace, but then he will shift focus to the new project and will spend significantly less time on Qt, although he will not completely leave the community and will remain available for newsletters and ready to consult other developers.
In addition to his role as Technical Director of Qt Company, Lars also announced his departure from the position of leader (Chief Maintainer) of the Qt project. However, he will continue to maintain the Qt Multimedia module, for which he is willing to allocate several hours of his time each week. Volker Hilsheimer has been proposed as the new leader of Qt, who works on Qt full-time, knows all the technical nuances, has connections within Qt Company, commands respect among developers, and advocates for the development of Qt as an open project. Volker holds the position of Director at Qt Company, overseeing issues related to research and development (R&D), graphics, and user interface.
Sursa: opennet.ro
