[Development] Python required to build Qt from source packages

[Harri Porten]

On Fri, 28 Feb 2014, Thiago Macieira wrote:

> Em sex 28 fev 2014, às 18:30:24, Hausmann Simon escreveu:
>> Note that this is not a new dependency but has been there since Qt 5.0.0
>> (when v8 required python)
>
> Right.
>
> But now we need Python for a single file, in something that is almost entirely
> under our control. Any chance we can remove the build-time dependency?
>
> If not, then Laszlo's previous offer of rewriting syncqt in Python becomes a
> lot more attractive.

JavaScript is no option? Our product bootstraps an interpreter (Qt has 
several;) that can be used to perform such build tasks. No other 
requirements.

Harri.