[Interest] Oops! Somebody's got a bad case of dependency bloat!

[Cyrus Harrison]

Hi Thiago,
Thanks for the response - a binary tool to replace syncqt does sound 
like a good solution.

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I'm sorry, but if you can't install packages how did you get a compiler
installed in the first place? And if you're not allowed to install software,
are you allowed to install Qt?

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Not having root permissions to install packages isn't mutually exclusive 
with being able to compile and install software (and the approval to do 
so).  I could get the approvals to build and install Perl everywhere, 
but to undergo this I would want a strong reason to do so. Even then: I 
really, *really* don't want to have to learn how to (or convince someone 
else to) build perl on Windows. Again, I understand folks with this 
issue are the minority, but I think it would help everyone building from 
source and help Qt 5 adoption.

I don't feel that I have the perl background to take a pass at porting 
syncqt to C++, but it sounds like if there is someone out there that 
does - they could become a hero by resolving this.


-Cyrus