On 9/30/2011 3:44 AM, ext Coda Highland wrote: >> Given that the file contains critical state about the build, it seems fair >> to ask: "why not"? I am not sure exactly what is in this file (which is why >> I asked), but it does contain some information that should be under revision >> control: the set of intended target builds. > Bad design. It started off fairly clean but stuff got shoved in there > that really shouldn't have because it was an easy place to do it. A > fix is in progress to separate the true per-user stuff from the stuff > that's really part of the build rules but doesn't fit into a .pro > file. > >> But let me ask another naive question: is this file per-platform or >> per-machine? That is: if I move from one Windows machine to another, is it >> safe to re-load this file? What about from one user to another (on the same >> platform)? > Per machine. Portability is really only possible if you have the same > username, same toolchains, and same paths for everything relevant on > both machines. Don't consider this advice; consider this a warning. > >
Hi, we are working to introduce a .shared file in Creator so there are a few things that can be improved in a variety of use cases. I'm not sure how far we can get for 2.4, but hopefully we'll have the basic support in place. Cheers, Leandro -- Leandro T. C. Melo Software Engineer Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks Nokia gate5 GmbH Firmensitz: Invalidenstr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Berlin: HRB 106443B Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer: DE 812 845 193 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Michael Halbherr, Karim Tähtivuori _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
