It would be a convenient way to ship pure qml libraries. Much more "encapsulated" than having to do "cp -r", without need to use several types of native packaging formats.
You can create a checksum & signature for this zip file and verify it (to detect tampering). You could limit module references to one zip file (to prevent spoofing). Shipping a hybrid application as 1 binary + zip archive is neater than binary + 200 qml/png/js files -- Sent from my Nokia N900 ----- Original message ----- > On 11/25/2010 12:48 PM, ext Attila Csipa wrote: > > [...] > > I never said it would have to be an executable (I do agree it should > > not be a > > sis/deb/rpm replacement) - neither are the .h and .py files generated > > with rcc > > and pyrcc respectively. In its simplest form, it's just an aggregator > > for files > > so you would not have to care about drives, directory layouts, allowed > > filenames, case sensitivity filesystem fragmentation/overhead, etc, > > etc. The original question was - do we really need complete > > crossplatform toolchains just to be able to make/alter/use a bundled > > resource file ? > > Well, if you have latest QtCreator 2.1 snapshot you should give the > skeleton code generated by the "Qt Quick Application" wizard a try. If > you base your project on this, you can just click 'Run' ... and it will > automatically build e.g. a .sis file with all your .qml/.js files + > executable, deploy it to the device, install & run it. You need a > working toolchain, but that's also easy to get with the Nokia Qt SDK. > What's the use case of a new format then? > > Kai > > PS: No offense intended, I'm really curious about this. > > > Best regards, > > Attila > > > > > -- > Kai Koehne > 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-qml mailing list > Qt-qml@trolltech.com > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-qml
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