Qt 5 buildability

[Milian Wolff]

On Friday 09 January 2015 13:48:29 Milian Wolff wrote:
> On Friday 09 January 2015 22:41:15 Ben Cooksley wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Jan Kundrát <jkt at kde.org> wrote:
> > > On Thursday, 8 January 2015 22:59:53 CEST, Ben Cooksley wrote:
> > >> QtWebEngine won't build unless you have nss-devel installed (which it
> > >> complains about) but it also won't build unless libcap-devel is
> > >> installed (which it doesn't complain about - you only find out when
> > >> the compiler bails out on you).
> > > 
> > > It's "documented" at their wiki page [1]. I agree that configure
> > > checking
> > > these deps is an obviously good thing and that nobody reads wiki pages.
> > 
> > Yep :)
> > 
> > 1) A failure for QtWebEngine to find what it needs should just be
> > gracefully ignored, not result in a fatal build failure (unless it was
> > explicitly requested)
> > 2) Having a dependency which no part of your configuration system
> > knows about is extremely bad.
> > 
> > >> The real big issue here though is none of this is integrated with
> > >> ./configure, and the failure in QtWebEngine is fatal. Can someone
> > >> please raise this with the Qt developers and get them to fix their
> > >> build system please?
> > > 
> > > Nobody but you have full knowledge of the build environment that you
> > > use.
> > > Even if I forwarded your report, the Qt developers are likely to ask
> > > further questions which only you can answer. That's why it's important
> > > to
> > > eliminate as many middlemens from the bug reporting process as possible,
> > > IMHO.
> > > 
> > > You should file a bug at their issue tracker.
> > 
> > The Qt project has been totally unreceptive to prior requests i've made.
> > Hence why i'd prefer this go through an intermediary - I can only
> > guess as to why I am ignored.
> 
> I've sent a link to this discussion and the build error to the Qt WebEngine
> people. You can reach them easily (during working hours) in the #qtwebengine
> channel on freenode IRC. They are definitely receptive to your input. And,
> FWIW, Simon and Allan are both still very close to the KDE project. Simon
> e.g. already created https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/103225/ based on
> your report. http://qt-project.org/wiki/QtWebEngineHowToTry lists all
> dependencies, and they have an open bug report about improving the build
> system as well.
> 
> So, tl;dr; they will improve this. And I hope you are not burnt by your past
> experiences with $whomever in the Qt eco system. It's a versatile bunch,
> and most of them are very open to suggestions from the outside and will try
> to help anyone, and KDE in particular, as fast as possible.

FYI: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/103455/3//ALL

Anything else you are missing, Ben?

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