replace autotools with qmake in KDE3

[F@lk Brettschneider]

Dirk Mueller wrote:

>On Son, 05 Mai 2002, F at lk Brettschneider wrote:
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>>.pro 
>>files are much easier to write and to understand than Makefile.am's and 
>>the whole bunch of project helper files.
>>
>
>Hmm ? Whats so difficult to understand with Makefile.am's ? you simply 
>categorize your source files and put them in a handful of different 
>variables. The rest happens automatically. 
>
>You can learn most parts of automake by reading its manual. 
>
>Maybe it would be easier for the average developer to generate correct files 
>if kdevelop wouldn't create the same buggy makefiles for projects.
>
I think that's a side effect of the elaborateness of the autotools.

>
>
>>It shouldn't be hard to turn all KDE projects in .pro-file-managed 
>>projects, does it?
>>
>
>Did you try it ?
>
No. Are there tricks to play?

>
>
>There are a few problems with automake, thats granted. Like for example that 
>it works less well with each new release that pops up lately, becomes more 
>broken with every new feature, or that it requires nonrecursive Makefiles. 
>
>However, I've seen that Michael Matz and coolo are working on an automake - 
>compatible replacement (code name: unsermake), that is going to address 
>these problems. 
>
Why reinvent the wheel when there's qmake?

We also don't write a replacement for the uic.
And I bet if there appear qmake problems, TrollTech will fix them in the 
next release. They're interested in a neat qmake because of the 
commercial Unix customers.


Ciao
F at lk