On Thursday, January 16, 2014 21:43:27 Ben Cooksley wrote: > > I think I have been asking for a KDE SDK for the last 7 years :-) > > > > KF5 should make that easier, given that there are many "small" parts. > > > > Another idea: let's make the different parts of the SDK (Tier 1 > > components, > > Tier 2 components, etc) available from a repository that could be > > integrated in the Qt SDK Maintenance Tool. > > > > This task is very time consuming (lots of rebuilds and tests) but it > > shouldn't be too difficult from a technical point of view. It essentially > > requires CMake knowledge. Jenkins knowledge and access to a powerful build > > machine would be a plus. It's a pity GSoC is so far yet :-/ > > I'd suggest this get integrated into our existing CI scripts to make > it easier to perform when needed - they already have 99% of the > structure and other necessary capability to build all of the > frameworks. I'd advise against doing this as part of a GSoC project > however - other than producing the necessary metadata to make the > "repository" there wouldn't be too much to actually code... > > The repository in question can probably be distributed via files.kde.org.
I love this idea, it could make it almost natural to use KDE libraries (as in tier1 and tier2-ish things) in pure Qt apps, and would be a nice tool to increase our visibility (and possibly relevance). -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community