[Development] Qt 6 buildsystem support requirements

[Thiago Macieira]

On Wednesday, 1 August 2018 13:14:32 PDT Sérgio Martins wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 3:35 AM, Thiago Macieira
> 
> <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> > Having spent far too much time trying to figure out why crappy
> > buildsystems
> > cause failures in distros (like TensorFlow or libvpx - see
> > https://plus.google.com/+ThiagoMacieira/posts/DqTKdRGfuwR ), I'd like to
> > make sure this doesn't happen to Qt 6. For that, I'd like to add the
> > following extra requirements to the buildsystem we choose to use. This is
> > in addition to the functionality requirements.
> > 
> > These apply to the buildsystem at the time of Qt's the switch to it.
> 
> Will the switch coincide with 6.0 ? If yes, does it have to or could
> the switch happen at Qt > 6.0.0 whenever we have a *good* solution ?

The plan was to switch for 6.0. It could happen later if we don't get 
consensus and is too disruptive earlier, though. But 6.0 is the perfect time, 
as we drop old platforms and can reliably require people to upgrade to new 
things.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center