> nobody is going to port Qt to CMake (if you disagree start a new thread)
https://plus.google.com/+AaronSeigo/posts/fWAM9cJggc8 > a complete CMake build for Qt was already contributed upstream (quite some time ago) .. and rejected .. ------- Jean-Michaël Celerier http://www.jcelerier.name On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Sergio Martins <sergio.mart...@kdab.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > At the QtCS it was mentioned that maybe qbs could use JavaScriptCore and > std:: types, > at first I thought this was for making it easy for qbs to be a non-Qt > project, but then I realized it was for boot-strapping purposes. > > I don't know if you have a vision, but given that most other build systems > suck you can't miss this opportunity for making a great build system for > everyone, not only for Qt. > > Please make something we can easily detach from the qt-project in 10 years > and have it's own ecosystem. > > The qt-project isn't in the business of maintaining JavaScript engines or > build systems, this model works now because TQC has manpower, but if > something bad happens in 10 years, then it will be a maintenance burden and > rot. > > So IMHO, no updating QtScript with newer JavaScriptCore and no adapting > the QML/V4 engine, go straight for pure JavaScriptCore/JerryScript and no > linking to Qt. > > Sincerely, I think you have a great product but are aiming too low. A few > days ago I had to figure out if I was on a Rel,RelWithDebInfo CMake build > and ended up having to manipulate strings with TOUPPER, since it's case > sensitive. It's an horrible experience and syntax which declarative/QML > solves. > > IMHO the qt-project is not in a position to reject Qt building with qbs, > simply because there's no other implementation, nobody is going to port Qt > to CMake (if you disagree start a new thread). But what we can discuss is > if we want to make qbs easier to maintain long-term. > > > P.S: This is my personal opinion, not of KDAB's (haven't discussed it > internally) and definitely not of Kevin Funk (CMake guy ;)) > > > Regards, > -- > Sérgio Martins | sergio.mart...@kdab.com | Senior Software Engineer > Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company > Tel: Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090, USA +1-866-777-KDAB(5322) > KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development >
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