Bug#437354: libqt4-dev: Put qmake into its own package

[Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org>]

Jan Michael Alonzo <jmalonzo@unpluggable.com> writes:

> Hi! I'm currently trying to build gnome + webkit without distro-specific
> packages. But for this I need "qmake" which is part of libqt4-dev. The problem
> is libqt4 is built with -glib enabled. Is there a reaason why qt4-dev needs
> glib? And also, if it's really needed can we separate qmake because it's used
> not only by QT4 apps but also third party applications like WebKit.
>
> I'm just not sure how coupled qmake is to the whole QT libs, if not, it would be
> nice if qmake is in its own package.

The reason I originally included qmake in the -dev package was that I
was under the impression that no 3rd party apps used it.  It's certainly
possible to package it separately, though I'd be surprised anything
using it wasn't closely tied to Qt.

I don't understand what you mean about building with "distro-specific
packages" or why glib support would be a problem though.

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