[Qbs] QBS usage

[Christian Gagneraud]

On 18 June 2018 at 20:58, Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler at qt.io> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:01:10 +1200
> Christian Gagneraud <chgans at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Last thing, Qbs has built-in support for different compilers/linkers,
>> this is nice b/c I can just express my toolchian flags in a toolchain
>> agnostic way, but...
>> - Qbs will have to continuously catch up with the fast moving toolchain world
>> - Users depend on Qbs core team to gain support for exotic compilers
>
> How so? You can just provide your own cpp backend, if you wish. Or provide a patch to extend an existing one.

Sorry wrote the email in a rush, "Qbs core team" => Qbs developer. Of
course qbs users can contribute, but users don't always have
time/willing to dig into Qbs source code and hack it around.
How can i provide my own backend? Do I have to write code, and build
it against Qbs source tree? Or can it be provided via a local qbs
file?

Chris

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