QML: a packagers nightmare. Assistance please.

[Scarlett Moore]

On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 9:41 AM Nicolas Fella <nicolas.fella at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> On 11/8/23 17:11, Scarlett Moore wrote:
> > While I have everyone's attention. The part that is getting me ( and
> > our linters ) is qml installation paths seem all over the place
> > For example plasma-framework we have
> >
> > org.kde.plasma.plasmoids
> >
> > which I read in the docs is "identified" qml which states it must be
> > installed into the QML import path which is normally ( and our linter
> > is set to ) /usr/lib/{arch_triplet}/qt{version}/qml
> > https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtqml-modules-identifiedmodules.html
> >
> > However, these are getting installed to /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids
> >
> > This doesn't follow the folder path ( eg. org/kde/plasma/plasmoids )
> > nor the normal qml import path. Or am I missing something?
> > If it is our mistake to not have this in our import path and our
> > linter is confused somehow, how would I add it? /usr/share or
> > /usr/share/plasma but then wouldn't it still be looking for the
> > org/kde/plasma/plasmoids?
> > Thanks for any help, I am really trying to figure this stuff out, but
> > I am lost in a sea of docs.
> > Scarlett
>
> You are talking about two very different things here.
>
> QML modules (i.e. QML "libraries") are installed to
> /usr/lib/{arch_triplet}/qt{version}/qml. They contain a qmldir file,
> (optionally) a .so file, (optionally) some .qml files, (optionally) a
> .qmltypes file etc.
>
> The content of /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids are not QML modules. They are
> plasmoid packages (in the KPackage format). They contain a metadata.json
> file and a number of qml/js/xml files in contents/. For all intents and
> purposes those are data files like any other in /usr/share and should be
> treated as such.
>
> As such what you are seeing is entirely expected.
>
> Cheers
>
> Nico
>

Thanks for the explanation! So our linter is confused I guess. For another day.
Thanks again,
Scarlett