[Development] syncqt.pl in C++

[Mathias Hasselmann]

Am 08.03.2017 um 21:23 schrieb Jake Petroules:
> The general idea is kind of following that of the Gradle wrapper,
> where any project that uses the Gradle build system also can include
> a standard wrapper script which obtains and bootstraps the build
> system itself before building your project, allowing ANY project
> based on that build system to be "zero dependencies". git clone & go,
> the system figures out the rest as much as it can. If qbs has similar
> capabilities like that, including online dependency fetching, I think
> a lot of people would appreciate it.

Did you do any user research backing this claim, or is this a plain gut 
feeling?

I know for a fact that Gradle and it's downloading features actually 
cause serious problems for some of our customers who sit behind 
restrictive firewalls and have to use complex proxy setups to
reach the Internet. They basically have to circumvent countless company 
policies just to bootstrap Gradle.

Besides I somehow doubt that it is even remotely reasonable to mimic a
build system that weights 225 MiB in size. Tools should know their task 
and focus on that. No need for a kitchen sink.

Ciao,
Mathias

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