deprecated qmake build system

firewave · firewave · commit f66eee4e28e1 · 2023-07-27T12:42:52.000+02:00
diff --git a/gui/gui.pro b/gui/gui.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5): error(requires >= Qt 5 (You used: $$QT_VERSION))
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5): error(Qt 6 is not supported via qmake - please use CMake instead)
 
+message("Building the GUI via qmake is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use CMake instead.")
+
 TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET = cppcheck-gui
 CONFIG += warn_on debug
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo
 
 ### qmake
 
+NOTE: This has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use CMake instead.
+
 You can use the gui/gui.pro file to build the GUI.
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/releasenotes.txt b/releasenotes.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ GUI:
 
 Changed interface:
 
+Deprecations:
+- The qmake build system has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
+
 Other:
 - "USE_QT6=On" will no longer fallback to Qt5 when Qt6 is not found.
