View source for Build system improvements and feedback

[[Category:QtCS2023]]

==Session Summary==
[[File:QtCS2023 Build System Improvements.pdf|thumb]]


==Session Owners==
Alexandru Croitor

==Notes==
Work done
* synqt  in CC++
* cmake- generate project 
* run tests standalone
* Improved translations
* Linux deploy 
* configure -redo with different options
* Unity builds for faster builds
* Documentation fixes, qmake fixes
* Creator features: Cmake Editing/Debugging

Current work:
* VCPKG package
* IOS xcframekwork
* QML API public for QML libraries
* Upstream: Better AUTOMOC
* Thanks to many external contributors
* Wiki page about internal API

Discussion
* Enable loading single libraries to speed  up Creator Clang parsing : Will consider / Check box in project to not have it parse the entire tree as a workaround -> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-119720
* Dependency creep (rebuilding too many files): Most likely touched a file that is in bootstrap build causing rebuild of moc, consider building tools separately
* QML API CMake/ Design Studio: Still under Discussion, QML modules, CMake vs .qmlproject, Qt for Python

* CMake Multiconfig issues: Ninja. VSCode/macOS, not supported in Creator
** Request to make Ninja Multi-Config the default in Qt Creator
* Distributed builds (Fast build) upstream rejected, out of scope