QtCS2021 - How to Contribute to Qt Creator

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Session Owners

Kai Köhne (kai.koehne@qt.io)

Session Summary

Notes

What are the obstacles?

Infos on how to build Qt Creator easy to find?
- https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator-extending/
- https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Creator
Is contacting team easy?
- Mailing list and IRC mentioned under:
- Customers may reach out to Product Management

External plugins a viable alternative to bigger contributions?

Contribution to Qt Creator core is still the only guarantee for build compatibility and wide, automatic distribution

Some helpers are in place (GitHub actions, Plugin install wizard, etc.)
API changes may break Plugin build
Distribution story has gaps

Is Qt Creator perceived as...?

Extensible Open Source product?
- Source package does not come with Qt
Generic C++ IDE beyond Qt usage?
- The name contains Qt, and TQC markets it as Qt IDE, but connoisseurs know it's more generic

What are Qt Creator's main info pages?

Is there an authoritative one, or there too many? Are they helpful?

Maintained by doc team: https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/
Maintained by dev team: README.md https://github.com/qt-creator/qt-creator
Maintained by marketing team: https://www.qt.io/product/development-tools
Maintained by community: https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Creator_Guidance

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