[Releasing] First attempt at testing the Windows binary installer

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Wed Jun 6 17:18:35 CEST 2012


On quarta-feira, 6 de junho de 2012 12.31.42, lars.knoll at nokia.com wrote:
> >3. The README in 5.x source packages tells users they should use the
> >"build" script shipped with the packages.  It appears that the binary
> >pacakges are not built using that "build" script, which leaves the nasty
> >possibility that the "build" script does not get tested before a release,
> >and/or that a Qt built with it is different to the Qt in the binary
> >installers.
> 
> Actually I'm not sure the build script works correctly currently. Would be
> good if we can somehow use the same solution, but I don't think that's
> doable for the beta.

I recommend amending the README and simply removing the build script from the 
binary packages.

I'd even go further and say that it should be removed entirely, but I don't 
know who's using it. I know I'm not.

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