[Development] syncqt.pl in C++

[Simon Hausmann]

Hi,

I for one would welcome a C++ rewrite of syncqt inside qmake to get rid of the perl dependency. However I do not have the authority to approve such a contribution. It is something we have talked about many times on the hallway.

Until we arrive in the promised land of a new build system, it would allow us to simplify our source packaging even further the moment we have it (syncqt C++).

Simon

> On 7 Mar 2017, at 08:11, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> Em segunda-feira, 6 de março de 2017, às 23:32:42 CET, Jake Petroules 
> escreveu:
>>> Yes, we do. We've had that dependency for 15 years.
>> 
>> And it will go away once Qt moves to Qbs as its default build system in Qt
>> 6.
> 
> There has been no discussion of qbs. Therefore, there is no decision on what 
> ot use for Qt 6. It might be cmake or qmake.
> 
> But if we do use a tool that is not part of Qt's sources, it would be nice to 
> use one that does support generating the headers. I don't find it likely to find 
> a generator that will allow the powerful scanning that syncqt.pl does, unless 
> like syncqt.pl it is actually a fully-featured language with an extensive 
> library.
> 
> Like Scons (which I'd hate to use, but at this point it is a contender just as 
> likely).
> 
>>>> On later steps qt is built pretty good without any serious issues.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any attempts to rewrite syncqt.pl in c++?
>>> 
>>> No.
>> 
>> 
>> It will be "rewritten" (although the replacement will not be a direct
>> translation) in JavaScript when Qt moves to Qbs.
> 
> Or a cmake script or a Python routine in Scons.
> 
> Or left as-is.
> 
> -- 
> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
>  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
> 
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