[Development] Optional Qt module dependencies (was: RE: qtsystems doesn't compile...)

[alex.blasche at nokia.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mcgovern Rohan [mailto:rohan.mcgovern at nokia.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:02
> To: Blasche Alex (Nokia-MP-Qt/Brisbane)

> It does still seem possible to accidentally build a no-op version of
> libQtBluetooth (on Linux and no bluez - which at least warns) and
> libQtPublishSubscribe (on Linux and no contextkit, gconf or jsondb).
> Are these really of any value?

The only value I could come up with is along the line of ensuring that certain Qt libs are always available on any "standard" Qt platform. This is irrelevant for AddOns (aka connectivity) but relevant for Essentials (P&S).

> If someone filed bugs for these configurations, any chance they would
> actually be fixed, or would they be rejected as "please install <some
> prerequisite package> and try again"?

They will probably be rejected. In P&S there are 3 possible *unix backends. Spending time on a forth one would raise questions along the line of "don't you have anything better to do"? Of course if somebody wants to contribute/maintain a new one then this bug could turn into a feature addition. 

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Alex