[Development] Build system for Qt 6

[NIkolai Marchenko]

> Don't ask Qt to switch to it until you've done that work.

Tbh, we wouldn't if this post hasn't almost stated that you are pulling the
plug.
As I saw it: qbs folks have finally started doing the correct thiing (that
is - tutorials) and what you are speaking of had a chance to happen.
But as of right now no amount of tutorials will change the fact that
reluctance to swtich to a new system will become reluctance to change to a
_stillborn_ system.

By pulling the plug Lars ensures that qbs has not had a chance and _will
not have_ that chance.

Oh, and also, maybe we need a separate post about this issue: "Should QBS
stay?"
Or something like that so that it's visible on it's own and more people
jump into the discussion.
So far we have quite a few projects in the spreadsheet I created.
I wonder how many more will be added.



On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:27 AM Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com>
wrote:

> On Tuesday, 30 October 2018 13:56:45 PDT NIkolai Marchenko wrote:
> > > and has enough of a track record of a community to ask for help.
> >
> > You quite literally have the system's developer in house.
> > Why do you even need to rely on the community so much?
> > I'd understand if qbs was an external tool, but that's not the case.
>
> Because it's a sign of maturity. If the only people who can solve any
> problem
> are the handful of people who work for the company that developed it, we
> have
> a serious Bus Factor problem. And guess what? It's exactly what's
> happening
> right now.
>
> Ossi and several others are right that qbs was never given a proper
> chance. It
> hasn't.
>
> The only thing I'm criticising is that its proper chance involves Qt being
> the
> guinea pig. Find someone else instead and grow your community. Get track
> record for building, cross-compiling, working with weird set ups,
> containerised build environments, build farms, etc. Don't ask Qt to switch
> to
> it until you've done that work.
>
> --
> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
>   Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
>
>
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