Re: [Qbs] Module adding source files to a project

2019-11-28 Thread Alberto Mardegan
Hi Richard, On 28/11/19 01:17, Richard Weickelt wrote: > Ideally, I think, the user would just invoke some tool and use a prebuilt > binary and not need to build the run-time from source. If building from > source is required, let the user install AppImageKit somewhere and just > point Qbs to the

Re: [Qbs] Module adding source files to a project

2019-11-27 Thread Richard Weickelt
> Should the AppImageKit repository (or only the parts needed for building > the runtime.c file) be imported into the QBS repository (maybe added as > a git submodule)? Or should we fetch the sources at runtime? Ideally, I think, the user would just invoke some tool and use a prebuilt binary and n

[Qbs] Module adding source files to a project

2019-11-27 Thread Alberto Mardegan
Hi there! I'd like to write a QBS module to package Linux applications into the AppImage format. This is a format in which the all application's files (and non-trivial dependencies) are packed into a single executable file, which, when executed, unpacks the application data by mounting into a squ