[Development] New proposal for the tool naming

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Mon Oct 22 16:50:37 CEST 2012


On segunda-feira, 22 de outubro de 2012 15.19.57, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > I haven't decided whether this tool should be a shell script, a perl
> > script
> > or another bootstrapped executable.
> 
> I'm inclined to suggest a bootstrapped executable. If it had a shell
> sourcing  mode like dbus-launch, then a separate qset program can be
> implemented as a batch file on Windows (that can set environment variables)
> or as a shell function on Unixy platforms.

The qset or qt function is up to you. I don't want to go there. Not yet, 
anyway.

As for the choice of language, the big deal is whether I can keep this tool in 
the qtbase package. I need to hear from distros here.
-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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