[Qt5-feedback] Qt5's qmake

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday, 12 de May de 2011 14:38:37 Ian Monroe 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.

They are indeed open for changes. We discussed with them a replacement for 
qmake about a year and a half ago, but it never went anywhere. Still, Kitware 
was very responsive to most of our concerns, about the needs of the IDE to 
control the project file, the device deployment and packaging, etc.

I think there's a blog on Labs that listed what our requirements were.

However, one thing they were not open for change is the language.

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