[Qt-creator] CMake alternative buildsystem - request for adoption

[Helio Chissini de Castro]

Hello

Some of you should already know about the cmake buildsystem we adopted in 
Mandriva which i blogged some days ago.

The is for now a linux/unix specific buildsystem, but make qt-creator package 
suitable to be adopted in a "package distro environment" which means in some 
cases split packages, different lib + modules dir.

Let's resume what the main differences that this build introduced:
- Uses bare cmake 2.6.2 and automoc4, so no magic tools or special hacks are 
included

- Allow to install libs in lib or lib64, independent of qt-creator binaries or 
share data

- Use the qt plugin space, instead of a subdir inside /usr/lib/qt-creator. 
This is a bit controversy, but in the view of a distribution, a qt plugin 
should be under qt umbrella, and qt-creator plugins, even been slightly 
different, still are a qt plugins.
Due to 32/64 bits qt installed in usr. we have qt plugins in 
/usr/lib/qt4/plugins and /usr/lib64/qt4/plugins respectively, and in this case 
this allow concurrent apps in both archs been used simultaneously .
I still use the Nokia plugin prefix of course, but i think that should be named 
like Nokia/QtCreator or something similar

- Enabled designer plugin by default that for some unidentified reason was not 
compiling at Mandriva
 
The major benefit at end is an easy installation and package creation for us.
I attached the relevant patches, the second one ( -source ) is to workaround 
the limitation of automoc4 to not detect all the moc requirements, and a 
addition of qt plugin standard path. Presumably all safe to be upstream

So my proposal is adopt as a alternative buildsystem, side by side with official 
qmake buildsystem, in this way been up to date and turn packagers life easier, 
increasing the deployment.

I appreciate any input :-)

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-- 
Helio Chissini de Castro
KDE Developer
Brasil/South America Primary Contact
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