Re: [Qbs] How to download and uncompress files with Qbs directly?

2019-08-05 Thread Richard Weickelt
>> Another automated and platform-independent library interface would be Conan >> or vcpgkg. Have you searched for packages on bintray? >> > these are some of the services that would need wrapping. Why would you wrap these tools with Qbs and not use them side-by-side or - the other way round -

Re: [Qbs] How to download and uncompress files with Qbs directly?

2019-08-05 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:25:35AM +0200, Richard Weickelt wrote: > > Does Qbs support downloading and uncompressing files directly? > > Not directly, because it is a build automation tool and not a package > manager. > that's not an argument at all. "support" often enough means "call appropriate