On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Stephen Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think a few new macros (CMake, not CPack) are needed to generate the > > IDL, then compile it to the type library (.tlb), then combine it with the > > executable. Amb maybe even one that combines those three in one, which > > will be what people usually do. > > > > What surprises me is that in the time since ActiveQt and CMake could be > used > together, no one else has written such macros. > > Or has everyone using the ActiveQt modules written such macros separately? > > Or is it more likely that people using ActiveQt have manually done the > post- > build steps, such as -dumpidl and creating the IDL type libbrary, outside > of > CMake? > > I'm trying to find out how people use ActiveQt/CMake in practice in the > real > world, what compatibility needs to be kept, and if the CMake files > generated > for Qt 5 are useful at all, or need to be extended before becoming useful. > > Your reply makes me think that the Qt5 patch is useful to the same extent > as > the FindQt4 patch was useful - that it is enough that people can do the > rest > themselves (outside of CMake if needed)? Can you confirm? > > I would say most people are not using ActiveQt and CMake together, plain and simple. For the very few who do, they are probably only using the Qt application as a client (i. e. load an ActiveX component), not to write servers. Are those macros needed and useful? Very much so . Adding them to FindQt4 would certainly make sense to me, too. -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
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