[Development] Build system for Qt 6

[Denis Shienkov]

 > preferably one that doesn't involve Qt specific stuff

A main point is that we discuss about using the CMake as an 'advanced' 
buld system in context of Qt.

 > Please show a concrete example

I already provided that example - it is cross-compilation. You can try 
to cross-compile a simple application using CMake && Creator for the 
Yocto target.

I'm, as a developer want to see a perfect integration between Qt stuff 
&& CMake, because they (Qt managers) decided to choose the CMake. But 
I'm don't see that it work at all. So, why I need to believe them? How 
much time I need to wait until it will be fixed? Why I need to spent my 
time at attempt to fix it (to lookup in CMake's magic macroses,  tricks, 
to rake its ugly syntax and so on)? I' don't think that CMake is a right 
choose for a Qt developers.

Maybe, if in my case I never faced with my issue, I would be not so 
negative (maybe even I would be closed my eyes to ugly CMake syntax and 
so on).

Another issue it is that I need force to lookup a some CMake toolchains 
in different github projects from custom peoples (e.g. for 
Android/iOS/Keil/IAR toolchains). I mean, that it is not official 
CMake's stuff (I know, that IAR toolchain already has ben added to 
CMake, but I not sure that it will work too). Why I need to use for this 
custom stuff? I'm even not sure that it will work.

Of course, I can write a own stuff (toolchain file or something else) on 
CMake, but it is soo ugly. In my case I just will take QBS and do al 
what I need in 100 times fastest and shorter  and clearer and will not 
worry at all (what and I do).

If Qt maintainers says that they will not remove the QtCreator && QBS 
integration in future (I'm about QBS project manager plugin), then I 
will not worry (don't care) about CMake. I will use QBS in any case.

I tried both CMake && QBS and I can say that for me QBS is a best 
option. I'm not an expert, I'm just a user (consumer) of Qt && QtCreator 
product.

Denis

18.12.2018 21:42, Matthew Woehlke пишет:
> On 16/12/2018 12.00, Denis Shienkov wrote:
>> As we all can see, the CMake loses even QBS. We need to spent a tens of
>> hours/days to find out the solution, using CMake's , but with QBS same
>> issue solves for 30 mins or work immediatelly.  Its very funny.
> Really? Because *I* don't see that.
>
> This still sounds like FUD. Please show a concrete example (preferably
> one that doesn't involve Qt specific stuff, because that's not an
> entirely fair comparison) of a problem which a user who is *equally
> skilled* (or unskilled) with either tool can solve easily with QBS but
> cannot solve easily with CMake.
>