[Qt5-feedback] Qt5's qmake

[Marcus D. Hanwell]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Ian Monroe <ian at monroe.nu> wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 14:15, Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Ian Monroe <ian at monroe.nu> wrote:
>>> So whatever qmake+1 is, it shouldn't let configuration be an
>>> afterthought. And I hope we just use cmake.
>>
>> +1 for cmake. It's out there, it's customizable, and if needed, we
>> should be able to get changes upstream. I don't think it's a good
>> thing people have to learn yet another build tool. I'd rather they
>> focus on making great apps with Qt.
>
> The fact that cmake is open to changes can't be emphasized too much.
>
I think we are very receptive to changes, and many of us are avid Qt
users. I would certainly love to see Qt move to CMake, and it would
help me to use Qt in more places. I am not a core CMake developer, but
I know quite a few of them. I am subscribed to this list and the open
governance list, although unfortunately cannot make the event in June.

I should be at the Desktop Summit in August, and would love to talk
about this more in person. It would be a great opportunity to outline
what more is needed in CMake, significant work was done to support
KDE's use of CMake. Even before I got to Kitware I realized that I
could spend more time writing my application code and have it work
across platforms if I used CMake.

Thanks,

Marcus