[Qt-creator] Why Creator's Qbs plugin need to special process for Qt?

[Konstantin Tokarev]

30.08.2012, 12:37, "Theo de Vries" <t.j.a.devries at gmail.com>:
> 2012/8/29 Konstantin Tokarev <annulen at yandex.ru>:
>
>>  29.08.2012, 07:55, "Loaden" <loaden at gmail.com>:
>>>  See:
>>>  void QbsProject::createBuildProject(const QString &buildProjectName, QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *qtVersion)
>>>  {
>>>      if (qtVersion) {
>>>          if (qtVersion->defaultBuildConfig() == QtSupport::BaseQtVersion::DebugBuild || qtVersion->defaultBuildConfig() == QtSupport::BaseQtVersion::BuildAll) {
>>>              buildConfiguration["qbs.buildVariant"] = "debug";
>>>          } else {
>>>              buildConfiguration["qbs.buildVariant"] = "release";
>>>          }
>>>          buildConfiguration["qt/core.qtPath"] = qtVersion->sourcePath().toString();
>>>
>>>      } else {
>>>          buildConfiguration["qbs.buildVariant"] = "debug";
>>>      }
>>>
>>>  I don't like the design.
>>>  I thought QbsProjectManager should like CMakeProjectManager.
>>>  No need Qt depends!
>>  Actually, missing Qt dependence is a big gap in CMakeProjectManager which needs to be fixed.
>>
>>  --
>>  Regards,
>>  Konstantin
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>
> Konstantin, would you mind explaining your point of view?

Proper build system plugin should allow to select Qt version, used in project, from UI.
In current 2.6 and master this implies it should use Qt version from selected profile.

> I can see
> that Qt dependence is an advantage when building a Qt project, but
> when doing a non-Qt development, I agree with Loaden that it is a pain
> to have a dependency on qtVersion etc as in the current design of qbs.

Awareness of Qt versions in plugin has nothing to do with forcing of Qt dependence
on project.


-- 
Regards,
Konstantin