They are used on Windows for angle’s glsl parser. Simon
On 18. Jan 2019, at 14:19, Mitch Curtis <mitch.cur...@qt.io> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Development <development-boun...@qt-project.org> On Behalf Of >> Frederik Gladhorn >> Sent: Friday, 18 January 2019 2:09 PM >> To: development@qt-project.org >> Subject: [Development] gnuwin32 in qt5.git >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'd like to have some opinions about the gnuwin32 we currently have in >> qt5.git. This way we provide flex and bison for Windows. > > I forget... what do we use flex and bison for in Qt? > >> I think it's a bit mis-placed, in my opinion the tools which are needed on >> Windows should be in their own sub-module. >> >> I think we should continue to ship them as dependencies and have them >> available easily for developers. But placing them directly in the qt5 >> repository >> makes little sense. In Coin we have weird work around and more code that >> should be needed to make sure they are always in the right place. >> >> Assuming there are no better ideas, I'll request a new repository soon. >> >> Cheers, >> Frederik >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Development mailing list >> Development@qt-project.org >> https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
