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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-120030

Rewrite init-repository perl script in CMake

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      When cloning Qt from git, we advise users and contributors to use qt5.git, and call init-repository .

      init-repository is written in Perl though, which is not installed by default. Since we got rid of the other mandatory perl dependency - syncqt - a while ago, init-repository is actually the last more-or-less mandatory part in the Qt Build System using Perl.

      The goal is to replace init-repository in CMake, with a small bat/.sh wrapper. This has following advantages:

      • Removal of Perl dependency
      • Could be transparent, e.g. just cmake ~/dev/qt5

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          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-132296 Consider merging the init-repository and configure scripts.

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          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-122622 configure on Windows can't handle unquoted -DFOO=0 arguments

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Closed
          resulted in

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-123331 init-repository --module-subset=essential initializes too much

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
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