On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:36 AM, George Kiagiadakis < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Rustom Mody <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am a noob wanting to package a qt app for debian. The mentors list > > directed me here. > > > > Is this the right place to ask? > > I guess it is. > > > My question was around the fact that debian generally prefers > > autoconf; configure; make sequence but qt apps use qmake instead of > > configure. > > There are several build systems out there. Autotools (what you > describe) is one of them, qmake is another. There is no special > preference over autotools anywhere, just the examples you may find may > refer to autotools because it's a popular build system. > Looking around a bit more I find that the kdevelop4 page http://www.kdevelop.org/mediawiki/index.php/KDevelop_4/KDev3_KDev4_comparison_tableseems to say that the way forward is cmake (not autotools or qmake) But I guess I do not need to bother about kdevelop? > > Adapting an autotools example to qmake should be easy, btw. Just > replace "configure" with "qmake-qt4" and adjust its options. You can > have a look at other packages that use qmake, for example kaboom, to > use as a reference. > > > So then there was a discussion about whether to use debhelper or cdbs > > and I was suggested to ask here > > Adrian already answered to that, it's your choice. > ?Who? Ive only received answers from 2 Davids (cced). Have I missed something? > > Regards, > George >
