From kde-windows  Fri Nov 05 15:51:10 2010
From: Patrick Spendrin <ps_ml () gmx ! de>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:51:10 +0000
To: kde-windows
Subject: Re: Rant: So you want help?
Message-Id: <4CD427EE.8040009 () gmx ! de>
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Am 05.11.2010 16:27, schrieb Thomas Friedrichsmeier:
> Hi,
> 
> On Friday 05 November 2010, Patrick Spendrin wrote:
>> Also we invested quite some time into this, which would be totally
>> useless if we chose to stay with one compiler.
> 
> just for clarification (once again): 
> I do not advocate changing anything about compiler support in emerge. I can 
> absolutely see the merit of having several compilers, there.
> I do advocate changing something about the end-user side of things, i.e. the 
> KDE windows installer. And of course about the barriers towards creating a 
> release.
> 
>> The compiler discussion is old already, and it won't be solved any time
>> soon. So let's try to focus on the other problems first.
> 
> Yeah, I know, I'm late to the party. But BTW, if I'm not mistaken this is 
> another example of a discussion that should have been had on the list, instead 
> of behind the scenes.
> 
> Anyway, so what about the more moderate variant of my suggestion: Chop the 
> installer (and release) into different *independent* incarnations, one for each 
> compiler. At least it would make it easier to break up the monumental task of 
> creating a release into something more managable.

Well, making a restriction in the installer is the first task. The
sources for the installer are in trunk/kdesupport/kdewin-installer - it
is normal Qt application ;-)

Give me some time to look at the build process and fix it so I can
describe it more easily.

> 
> Regards
> Thomas
> 
> 

regards,
Patrick
> 
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