[Development] Future of QBS

[Jean-Michaël Celerier]

> nobody is going to port Qt to CMake (if you disagree start a new thread)

https://plus.google.com/+AaronSeigo/posts/fWAM9cJggc8

> a complete CMake build for Qt was already contributed upstream (quite
some time ago) .. and rejected ..



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Jean-Michaël Celerier
http://www.jcelerier.name

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Sergio Martins <sergio.martins at kdab.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> At the QtCS it was mentioned that maybe qbs could use JavaScriptCore and
> std:: types,
> at first I thought this was for making it easy for qbs to be a non-Qt
> project, but then I realized it was for boot-strapping purposes.
>
> I don't know if you have a vision, but given that most other build systems
> suck you can't miss this opportunity for making a great build system for
> everyone, not only for Qt.
>
> Please make something we can easily detach from the qt-project in 10 years
> and have it's own ecosystem.
>
> The qt-project isn't in the business of maintaining JavaScript engines or
> build systems, this model works now because TQC has manpower, but if
> something bad happens in 10 years, then it will be a maintenance burden and
> rot.
>
> So IMHO, no updating QtScript with newer JavaScriptCore and no adapting
> the QML/V4 engine, go straight for pure JavaScriptCore/JerryScript and no
> linking to Qt.
>
> Sincerely, I think you have a great product but are aiming too low. A few
> days ago I had to figure out if I was on a Rel,RelWithDebInfo CMake build
> and ended up having to manipulate strings with TOUPPER, since it's case
> sensitive. It's an horrible experience and syntax which declarative/QML
> solves.
>
> IMHO the qt-project is not in a position to reject Qt building with qbs,
> simply because there's no other implementation, nobody is going to port Qt
> to CMake (if you disagree start a new thread). But what we can discuss is
> if we want to make qbs easier to maintain long-term.
>
>
> P.S: This is my personal opinion, not of KDAB's (haven't discussed it
> internally) and definitely not of Kevin Funk (CMake guy ;))
>
>
> Regards,
> --
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