[Qt-qml] Jar-like zip archive of QML code

[Ville M. Vainio]

It would be a convenient way to ship pure qml libraries. Much more "encapsulated" than having to do "cp -r", without need to use several types of native packaging formats.

You can create a checksum & signature for this zip file and verify it (to detect tampering). You could limit module references to one zip file (to prevent spoofing).    

Shipping a hybrid application as 1 binary + zip archive is neater than binary + 200 qml/png/js files 

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----- Original message -----
> On 11/25/2010 12:48 PM, ext Attila Csipa wrote:
>   > [...]
> > I never said it would have to be an executable (I do agree it should
> > not be a
> > sis/deb/rpm replacement) - neither are the .h and .py files generated
> > with rcc
> > and pyrcc respectively. In its simplest form, it's just an aggregator
> > for files
> > so you would not have to care about drives, directory layouts, allowed
> > filenames, case sensitivity filesystem fragmentation/overhead, etc,
> > etc. The original question was - do we really need complete
> > crossplatform toolchains just to be able to make/alter/use a bundled
> > resource file ?
> 
> Well, if you have latest QtCreator 2.1 snapshot you should give the 
> skeleton code generated by the "Qt Quick Application" wizard a try. If 
> you base your project on this, you can just click 'Run' ... and it will 
> automatically build e.g. a .sis file with all your .qml/.js files + 
> executable, deploy it to the device, install & run it. You need a 
> working toolchain, but that's also easy to get with the Nokia Qt SDK. 
> What's the use case of a new format then?
> 
> Kai
> 
> PS: No offense intended, I'm really curious about this.
> 
> > Best regards,
> > Attila
> > 
> 
> 
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