Getting ecm files from the ECM package

[Kevin Ottens]

On Saturday 02 November 2013 21:12:08 David Faure wrote:
> On Saturday 02 November 2013 13:44:55 Stephen Kelly wrote:
> > Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > > In case we decide to go this way (i.e. the "my ideal view" plus optional
> > > downloading), and we should hear Stephens opinion on that,
> > 
> > My opinion:
> > 
> > 1) The current situation with ECM and KF5 is just fine.
> > 2) There are other issues to work on which are more relevant, urgent and
> > impactful than this maven-like-thingy.
> 
> +1
> 
> I don't understand what this effort is trying to fix?
> 
> The fact that find modules and kde settings are both provided by ECM?
> Well I say -- that's great.
> 
> I can't see myself justifying to people who just want to use KArchive on
> e.g. Windows, why they would have do download and install
> 1) cmake
> 2) ECM
> 3) tier0-kf5
> before being able to build karchive.
> Obvious expected reaction: "I need to set up THREE dependencies just for the
> f*** build system? Why can't you guys use qmake instead?"
> 
> We're trying to make it easier to use our frameworks, not harder!
> 
> Even 1) and 2) is already more than one would have hoped for, but not much
> we can do about that.

Yes, I definitely agree with the above.

The "maven thingie" would be a way to remove step (2) though. Although I agree 
it shall not be considered as high priority item, can be done later.

Cheers.
-- 
Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

KDAB - proud supporter of KDE, http://www.kdab.com

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