On 4/15/12 12:35 PM, "ext Uwe Rathmann" <uwe.rathm...@tigertal.de> wrote:
>Hi Thiago, > >my interest is of course to benefit as much as possible from the ideas >and solutions of the Qt development >and I believe the best way should be to organize my code and build >environment like Qt libraries do. > >So please let me check your list what might be possible for Qwt: > >> 1) where they are installed > >I wouldn't install Qwt into the same place where Qt is, because it works >with different binary compatible installations of Qt. >But of course it would be possible to do so for the same reasons you do >it with a module like Qt SVG. > >> 2) whether they use qt_module_config.prf or equivalent or a future >>replacement > >I'm not sure if this would be possible for code outside the Qt source >tree ? The Qt source tree is modularized, so there shouldn't be a difference for Qwt. > >> 3) whether they follow Qt conding conventions -- including headers and >>macros >> to be used, like QT_STATIC > >I have the same code base for Qt4 and Qt5 ( like the creator ) what >might require some extra ifdefs, but in general it should be possible - >as long as I'm aware of existing conventions. > >> 4) library and API naming > >similar to 4. > >> 5) development workflow and other Qt Project rules > >I don't believe, that I could develop in the same release cycles as the >Qt library itself ( f.e I have no idea yet what it means to adopt Qwt to >QML ) Q add-ons don't need to be released in the same cycle. I think that definition might fit nicely to Qwt :) > >The only reason why I'm doing the Qwt project for such a long time ( > >10 years ) is because I only do it when I like to. >If I had to sit down after my daily job only to keep schedules I would >have given up long ago. > >But I guess this is similar for every project not sponsored by a company >- what might happen to Qt some day too. > >> All Qt libraries are first-party: they come from the Qt Project. > >Do you believe it would make sense to develop a 3rd party library under >the hood of Qt Project ? We also now have projects such as PySide hosted on qt-project. Look at the definition of a Qt add-on. I think that might fit nicely for Qwt. In any case, if you want your library do live under the qt-project umbrella we can most likely find a solution. Cheers, Lars _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
