D5088: Generate plugins.qmltypes files for the plugins we install

[Aleix Pol Gonzalez]

apol added a comment.


  In https://phabricator.kde.org/D5088#96296, @davidedmundson wrote:
  
  > I'm confused.
  >
  > If you're generating the qmltypes with the ecm command, why are they in the diff?
  
  
  Good point.
  We can't generate them at runtime. Here's how they put it in Qt:
  
    # plugins.qmltypes is used by Qt Creator for syntax highlighting and the QML code model.  It needs
    # to be regenerated whenever the QML elements exported by the plugin change.  This cannot be done
    # automatically at compile time because qmlplugindump does not support some QML features and it may
    # not be possible when cross-compiling.
  
  Biggest issue is that you need a set up install prefix to generate the plugins as it expects the prefix structure. Also it needs to load the plugin so it will certainly be a problem on certain setups.
  
  We could find a workaround where it gets to be generated at build-time, but it will feel off. Here at least we're doing the same Qt does with their `plugins.qmltypes` files.

REPOSITORY
  R242 Plasma Framework (Library)

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/D5088

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