[Development] Build system for Qt 6

[Bogdan Vatra]

Hi,

În ziua de luni, 12 noiembrie 2018, la 15:06:00 EET, Joerg Bornemann a scris:
> On 10/30/18 12:16 PM, Bogdan Vatra via Development wrote:
> 
> Late to the game, but I feel the urge to comment on some things.
> 
> 
> > c.2) Incomplete! A while ago, I created a QBS plugin for KDevelop[1] and
> > I
> > found some problems, see how QBS developers treat them here: https://
> > bugreports.qt.io/browse/QBS-902 . That was the moment when I started to
> > have doubts :).
> 
> 
> This bug report is lacking crucial information to handle it properly, 
> like what's the expected outcome etc.
> As you are known as a seasoned developer we felt you didn't need the 
> https://wiki.qt.io/Reporting_Bugs link.
> 

  Even the whole discussion is futile now, can you pretty please tell me what 
"crucial information" are those issues missing? IMHO the titile of each issue 
is more than enough for any QBS developer.

> 
> > d) While c.1 and c.2 can be fixed with some effort, here we have bigger
> > problems:
> > 
> >    - Instread to port QBS to QML JS in the first second when QtScript was
> > 
> > deprecated, they fork it! I know that back then QML JS needed some love,
> > but instead to collaborate with QML JS folks they decided keep using
> > QtScript!
> 
> QtScript was never forked. It even was included as git submodule at some 
> point. Unaltered.
> 

  This is very funny! did you included it as git submodule just because you 
like submodules?

> 
> > IIRC a brave soul, port it to QML JS, but guess what, QBS devs reject it
> > and kept using QtScript!
> 
> 
> You're remembering incorrectly.

Might be... If I'll have time I'll check it.

> There was never such a port.
> 
> 
> >   - Even more, they found a few problem also in QML parser, and guess
> >   what,
> > 
> > they forked also QML!
> 
> 
> The QML parser was never forked. It always has been a copy of the QML 
> parser, because we didn't want a dependency to the QtQml module.
> 
Again this is very funny: you didn't fork it, you copy it.... that's a huge 
diference :).

Sadly, in this moment it's too late to continue discussions on this matter...

Cheers,
BogDan.