On 3 Apr 2012, at 13:02, ext Atlant Schmidt wrote: > Andre': > > If such targets don't work and there's no plan > to make them work, then they should be deprecated > and then discontinued. Otherwise, they should be > fixed just as any other broken part of the software > should be fixed. > > Atlant > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > André Pönitz > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 06:59 > To: Atlant Schmidt > Cc: '[email protected]'; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] Building with virtual frame buffer > > On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 06:48:30AM -0400, Atlant Schmidt wrote: >> Eike: >> >>> In general I wouldn't trust the 'confclean' target that Qt generates, >>> it doesn't quite remove everything also for applications built with >>> Qt/qmake. ... >> >> Is there a bug filed against this? That sounds like one of those >> "broken windows" things that lets the neighborhood degrade.
Typing "make AND clean" into the QuickSearch on bugreports.qt.nokia.com turns up e.g. https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-2874 >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory > > Folk lore has it that 'make clean' is always fragile and in most > cases insufficient, and often does not match user expectation, even > in the rare cases where in matches the developer's expectations > -- independent of the project. > > Since the invention of shadow builds and 'forcefully cleaned source > trees' (a.k.a. git clean -dxf) the need for such make targets has > been greatly lowered. The user has all the control needed. > > Andre' > > > This e-mail and the information, including any attachments, it contains are > intended to be a confidential communication only to the person or entity to > whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged. If the > reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > immediately notify the sender and destroy the original message. > > Thank you. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- Eike Ziller Principal Software Engineer Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks Nokia gate5 GmbH Firmensitz: Invalidenstr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Berlin: HRB 106443 B Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer: DE 812 845 193 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Michael Halbherr, Karim Tähtivuori _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
