[Development] Qt 4.x and Qt 5 frameworks should use @rpath (QTBUG-31814)

[Jake Petroules]

On 2014-08-06, at 03:50 PM, Sorvig Morten <Morten.Sorvig at digia.com> wrote:

> 
> On 04 Aug 2014, at 21:38, Adam Strzelecki <ono at java.pl> wrote:
> 
>>> Before you do that, can you write up a proposal on what you want to accomplish and how to get there?
>> 
>> WHAT I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH
>> 
>> (1) Remove need to rewrite Qt libraries (frameworks) headers during install and during macdeployqt
>> (2) This makes possible to check whether libraries came from official SDK (i.e. md5 sums)
>> (3) Won't invalidate frameworks signatures when changing their binary contents
>> (4) Make SDK relocable, so it can be moved around w/o need to reinstall, also making drag&drop SDK installer possible for Mac
>> 
> 
> Thanks! I think separating introducing @rpath and any workflow changes makes sense. The proposed macdeployqt changes looks good to me.
> 
> My main concern is timing and the 5.4 feature freeze, especially for the SDK/installer-framework parts. Is it already to late?

Absolutely. Such a big change should wait for 5.5; we don't want any major issues introduced right before release time. :)

> Morten
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