On Saturday 02 November 2013 21:12:08 David Faure wrote: > On Saturday 02 November 2013 13:44:55 Stephen Kelly wrote: > > Alexander Neundorf wrote: > > > In case we decide to go this way (i.e. the "my ideal view" plus optional > > > downloading), and we should hear Stephens opinion on that, > > > > My opinion: > > > > 1) The current situation with ECM and KF5 is just fine. > > 2) There are other issues to work on which are more relevant, urgent and > > impactful than this maven-like-thingy. > > +1 > > I don't understand what this effort is trying to fix? > > The fact that find modules and kde settings are both provided by ECM? > Well I say -- that's great. > > I can't see myself justifying to people who just want to use KArchive on > e.g. Windows, why they would have do download and install > 1) cmake > 2) ECM > 3) tier0-kf5 > before being able to build karchive. > Obvious expected reaction: "I need to set up THREE dependencies just for the > f*** build system? Why can't you guys use qmake instead?" > > We're trying to make it easier to use our frameworks, not harder! > > Even 1) and 2) is already more than one would have hoped for, but not much > we can do about that.
Yes, I definitely agree with the above. The "maven thingie" would be a way to remove step (2) though. Although I agree it shall not be considered as high priority item, can be done later. Cheers. -- Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net KDAB - proud supporter of KDE, http://www.kdab.com
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