Qt 5.0.0 Beta 2 Installer Structure

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Qt5.0.0 installer component structure

This is the current plan how to make components included in Qt5 visible to user in installer GUI and how they are saved on users computer. There might still be changes in naming or in the structure before the design is finalized.

Installer GUI

This is how the installer GUI is on windows (online) installer, other platforms will follow same structure. Offline installer only has one compiler per each installer.

<Qt>
 | <5.0.0>
 | | <win32-mingw>
 | | | <Essentials>
 | | | <Add-Ons>
 | | <win32-msvc2010>
 | | | <Essentials>
 | | | <Add-Ons>
 | | <win64-msvc2010>
 | | | <Essentials>
 | | | <Add-Ons>
 | | <src>
 | | <doc>
 | <5.x.x>
 | | <win32-mingw>
 | | | <Essentials>
 | | | <Add-Ons>
 | | <win32-msvc2010>
 | | | <Essentials>
 | | | <Add-Ons>
 | | <win64-msvc2010>
 | | | <Essentials>
 | | | <Add-Ons>
 | | <src>
 | | <doc>
 | <Tools>
 | | <Qt Creator>
 | | | <desktop>
 | | | <src>
 | | | <doc>
 | | <VCredist>
 | | <tool x>

Installation path on disk

This is one example how the installer content are saved on users computer on windows.

Qt\5.0.0-beta2\win32-msvc2010Qt\5.0.0-beta2\win32-msvc2010_64Qt\5.0.0-beta2\win32-mingwQt\5.0.0-beta2\docQt\5.0.0-beta2\srcQt\ToolsQt\Tools\Qt CreatorQt\Tools\Qt Creator\Desktop Qt\Tools\Qt Creator\src Qt\Tools\Qt Creator\doc

On mac the is some differences, for example: Qt\Qt Creator.app Qt\Tools\Qt Creator\src Qt\Tools\Qt Creator\doc