[Development] Proposing to move deploy tools to qtbase

[Mitch Curtis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> On Behalf Of
> Ulf Hermann
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2021 3:23 PM
> To: development at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Development] Proposing to move deploy tools to qtbase
> 
> > I’m working on adding new CMake APIs for install support for Qt 6.3.
> > As part of that, there will be conveniences for invoking the
> > appropriate xxxdeployqt tool where available. At the moment,
> > macdeployqt and windeployqt live in qttools, whereas androiddeployqt
> lives in qtbase.
> > I’d like to propose moving macdeployqt and windeployqt to qtbase as
> > well.
> 
> +1
> 
> Installation and deployment has to be part of the core functionality of Qt's
> build system, not some afterthought.

+1

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