[Qt5-feedback] Build system requirements for Qt5

[Konstantin Tokarev]

10.06.2011, 00:42, "Hugo Parente Lima" <hugo.lima at openbossa.org>:
> On Thursday 09 June 2011 07:57:17 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>
>>  On 06/09/11 09:36, ext Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>>  [snip]
>>>  cmake was declarative when it was started, but became more and more
>>>  imperative.
>>  like qmake and about every other build tool that evolved from a
>>  particular project's build system.
>
> For me this is a clear sign that the declarative approach is not the right one
> for a build system, but an utopia.

But build systems may be imperative to different extent.

Best build system should have declarative syntax but allow use of general-purpose
imperative language for truly non-trivial project-specific stuff.

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Regards,
Konstantin