[Qt-creator] Kit and device concept in QtCreator

[Christian Kandeler]

On 09/05/2013 03:32 PM, Tobias Hunger wrote:
> feedback we had when we were still with Nokia was that the kits
> concept worked well for device development. The icon changing in the
> Mini Target Selector to reflect the actual device targeted was the one
> big thing there. That will go away with your device-switching
> approach: You will have to check the actual popup for the device used
> to see where your code will be run then.

I don't understand why that would be the case.

> 2013/9/5 Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler at digia.com>:
>> This would also help in making more visible which device we actually use
>> when deploying/running, at the place in the GUI where it matters most. I
>> actually planned to put a label there, but of course a combo box would
>> work as well,
>
> How is this setting any different from e.g. the compiler used to build
> the code or the Qt version used? Should those get labels in the
> buildconfiguration as well?

Perhaps? If it turns out that people want it?

> Should we make those editable in the build
> configuration as well?

There seems to be a use case of "several devices fit the rest of my 
Kit", whereas the same thing does not seem to be much of an issue for 
other settings.

> My understanding was that we all agreed to go for having certain
> entries of the kits configurable in the mini target selector (that
> thing with the kit icon above the run/debug/build butttons).  Which
> settings to have configurable there was supposed to be defined by the
> kits themselves, so that e.g. your blackberry plugin can put the
> device selector there while the desktop kit (there is always exactly
> one desktop device) will most likely not want to display that UI.

I was not aware of such a proposal.


Christian