[Qt-creator] Time to update sdktool's README.

Jake Petroules Jake.Petroules at qt.io
Thu Sep 28 21:31:50 CEST 2017



> On Sep 28, 2017, at 12:28 PM, Tobias Hunger <tobias.hunger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jake,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Jake Petroules <Jake.Petroules at qt.io> wrote:
>> What does sdktool have to do with Qbs?
> 
> Nothing:-)
> 
> You can set the other build tools in the kit, but since Qbs is linked
> into creator there is nothing to set.
> 
> That is actually a huge problem since qbs changes so much that you
> need to closely match the Qt Creator version you use to the code you
> want to build with it.

Well, that problem will go away if we decide to stabilize our API at some point. :)

I wonder if we should explore some sort of "server mode" for Qbs like we have with CMake. Then the Qt Creator plugin would not need libqbs.

> 
> Best Regards,
> Tobias

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