[Development] moc output from non-local tool build

[Thiago Macieira]

On Friday, 10 September 2021 07:58:55 PDT Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Qt 6 supports using the moc from a different build of Qt, to help with the
> bootstrapping issue and also so you don't always run a debug-mode moc in
> your debug builds of Qt.
> 
> Is that moc required to be from the same Qt version as the Qt you're trying
> to build? Or is there a leeway in accepting slightly different builds?
> 
> We haven't yet made changes to the moc output that would make it
> incompatible, but I am thinking of doing that now for plugins and I'd like
> to know if I have to keep compatibility with a slightly older moc. It's not
> a problem, I just want to know if this is required.

ping for decision prior to 6.3 feature freeze.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel DPG Cloud Engineering