[Development] Build system for Qt 6

[Thiago Macieira]

On Tuesday, 30 October 2018 12:29:46 PDT Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:01:59PM -0700, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > The requirement was not of the tool to be packaged.
> > 
> > It was of one similar-complexity package *using* the buildsystem to be
> > packaged for 2 years.
> 
> err, right.
> 
> but quite frankly, i call foul on that one and some other items in your
> list. you had some frustrations as a packager, but that's just part of
> the job, and doesn't authorize you to impose requirements that make it
> basically impossible to employ qt as a bootstrapping device for a qbs
> ecosystem.

The whole point was "let Qt not be the guinea pig". Show me that the tool can 
achieve what Qt needs for it to achieve and has enough of a track record of a 
community to ask for help. The requirements I outlined were about making that 
requirement more objective.

The Qt community can of course disagree with me. The only enforcement I have 
is on myself: I said I will not work on Qt if it switches to a different build 
system until it meet my requirements. The 2-year-track record is included in 
that.

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