[Qt-creator] Build progress bar usefulness

[Andre Poenitz]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:31:10PM +0200, alan.westbrook at nokia.com wrote:
> In this case, I think more progress status is better than less.
> 
> If you tickle something in a header, it can give you an idea if it's worth it to go get a cup of coffee/tea or wait it out.

The problem is that typical Makefiles do not produce progress
information out-of-the-box (let alone reliable information)
and running  make -n  is definitely not free, either.

I don't think there's a good solution for the problem given the
current state of the build system.

Andre'