On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 00:29, Christian Kandeler <christian.kande...@nokia.com> wrote: > On 10/29/2010 06:02 AM, ext Jeffery MacEachern wrote: >> I've been running from Master snapshots of Qt Creator since shortly >> after 2.0 came out, and I've seen the Maemo packaging functionality go >> through several iterations in terms of generated code in the project >> files, and the actual packaging files (i.e. the "debian" directory). >> I realize that this is what I get for using unstable software, but I >> wanted to ask: Once 2.1 is released, are these behaviours likely to >> change in the future? I would assume that they will at least be >> stable within a major release, but any rearrangements of this sort >> makes maintenance somewhat frustrating. > > The packaging support in 2.0, like other Maemo features, was put > together quickly to make simple projects work, but it obviously wasn't a > proper solution, as it didn't allow users to influence the packaging > process in any way. So I surmised. It's nice to see it coming together now, though. Thanks, Trolls! > So obviously, that had to change completely. The > main difference in 2.1 is the introduction of a debian directory with > the usual set of files to the project, and I think the only major change > during the lifetime of the 2.1 branch was the location of that > directory. In fact, one of the main reasons for moving it out of the > project root and into a dedicated packaging directory was to be able to > support other packaging schemes in future versions without breaking > compatibility for Fremantle projects created with 2.1, so that change > should actually make maintenance *less* frustrating in the long term. That would explain the latest changes, and makes perfect sense to me. My initial problems were just due to assuming that the structure earlier on was going to stay fixed, and having to change around things that I had committed.
Thanks for the explanation. - Jeffery MacEachern > > Christian > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > Qt-creator@trolltech.com > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list Qt-creator@trolltech.com http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
