[Qtce-preview-feedback] MAKEFILE_GENERATOR value

[Maurice Kalinowski]

Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> All mkspecs files dedicated to msvc2005 use MSVC.NET as
> value of the MAKEFILE_GENERATOR. I'm not sure, but is this correct?
>
> The comment in those files says "Written for Microsoft VC2005.NET",
> but this is not correct name of the compiler nor the studio.
> Since Visual Sudio 2005, the .NET mnemonic has been removed completely.
> So, the names are Visual Studio 2005 and Visual C++ 2005 (compiler 
> version 8.0).
>
> The same change applies to version of Windows CE platform:
> Windows CE 4.x .NET
> but later we have
> Windows CE 5.0
> without .NET.
>
> .NET suffix was used only once for group of products released in 2005,
> later it was removed.
>
> I'm not sure but perhaps this value may influence content of generated 
> files.
>
> Greetings
>   

Hi,

it is true, that the .NET appendix has been removed some while ago from 
the Microsoft Tools. However the MAKEFILE_GENERATOR variable is only of 
use for our qmake parser, which generates the Makefiles depending on the 
target. These did not differ since that point in time, so there was no 
reason for us to rename it so far.

As soon as we need to add a new makefile generator parser for an 
upcoming Visual Studio version, we will change its name accordingly.


Best Regards,

Maurice Kalinowski