[Qt-creator] Updated .user-file saving mechanismn

[Eike Ziller]

On Feb 3, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Hunger Tobias (Nokia-D/Berlin) wrote:

> On 02.02.2010 19:22, ext Danny Price wrote:
> [...]
>> I have to set build settings and project dependencies (where
>> possible) in the .pro files.
> 
> Yes, information meant to be shared in a team is better kept in the 
> build system itself. Dependencies can e.g. get encoded by SUBDIRS 
> template in .pro-files (which can then be shared in a team).


And doing that you can even get the most out of parallel compilation, because if you define the dependencies in the build system, the build system will be able to figure out what parts can actually be done in parallel.
Have a look at Qt Creator's src/plugins/plugins.pro .
http://qt.gitorious.org/qt-creator/qt-creator/blobs/master/src/plugins/plugins.pro

As a side note: "SUBDIRS" is a bit misleading, because you actually can specify any pro files as well:
SUBDIRS = part1.pro part2.pro relativepath/part3.pro 

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Eike Ziller
Software Engineer
Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks

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