Qt static libraries - pkgconfig again

[Peter Kümmel]

Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Peter Kümmel wrote:
>>>> Can't we get around this problem by convincing the trolls to not make
>>>> it a static lib?
>>> I doubt that. QtUiTools is a very small library whose purpose is to
>>> load designer-generated .ui files.
>> This sounds like that it's easier to patch Qt than to introduce
>> pkg-config on windows, or I'm wrong?
> 
> Yes, it's easier to patch it. But that doesn't mean the Trolls will accept 
> it.
> 
> Thay made it specifically static for a reason. I just don't know what 
> reason that is. And I kind of doubt that the reason is gone.

On the Windows side it is maybe worth to patch Qt anyway. But I assume
KDE on Windows is a reason for TT to think about the static lib.

Peter