[Qt-creator] Adding kits to Qt Creator in a more noob-friendly way

[Robert Löhning]

Am 11.05.20 um 01:52 schrieb Henry Skoglund:
> Hi, finally took the plunge this weekend and started building Qt myself
> (MinGW static builds for Windows).
> Using configure.bat worked fine, it even suggested I should add "-opengl
> desktop" otherwise "... the build might fail." Helpful stuff.
> 
> So I ended up with a fresh new directory "static", next to the
> C:\Qt\5.14.2\mingw73_32 directory. Question was, how to add the static
> build as a kit to my Qt Creator? Googling helped, and it was smooth
> sailing once I realized you go into Options/Kits/Qt Versions and point
> out where kit's qmake.exe is (e.g. C:\Qt\5.14.2\static\bin\qmake.exe).
> Enter a few more things and voila, I had a valid bona fide kit and could
> rebuild my projects into static .exe files.
> 
> Got me thinking, adding kits to Qt Creator will be something I have to
> do quite often (at least once for every new Qt release). Ok it's easy
> once you know how. But what if there was an easier way? Say at the end
> of "mingw32-make install" it would create a .kit file (similar to a .pro
> file) that has all the needed info for Qt Creator to add it
> automagically, e.g. for my build Qt Creator would use a "static.kit"
> file for adding (or replacing if there's already a kit named "static").
> 
> This of course would mean that Qt Creator has to understand the contents
> of a .kit file (and for configure to write it correctly). And someone
> has to specify the contents of such files. But I think it would really
> be a nice Qt Creator feature, especially for that first time you have a
> successful Qt build and want to try it ou as a kit.
> 
> Rgrds Henry

Hi Henry,

to me, this sounds like a good idea. Would you might putting it into a
suggestion at https://bugreports.qt.io ?

Thank you for bringing it up!

Cheers,
Robert