import failure when using a project name with dashes with QML Extension Library + Tabbed Touch UI

[Jamie Strandboge]

If I follow the instruction in bug #1215913 on how to create and configure a project using QML Extension Library + Tabbed Touch UI, if I choose a project name with a '-', then running the project results in import errors:
Starting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene...
file:///home/jamie/src/qml/build-test-compiled-2-Desktop-Debug/app/test-compiled-2.qml:30 Type HelloTab unavailable
file:///home/jamie/src/qml/build-test-compiled-2-Desktop-Debug/app/ui/HelloTab.qml:3 Expected token `;'

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene exited with code 255

The only workaround I know is to scrap the project and create a new one without dashes in the project name.

[Zsombor Egri (zsombi)]

If you open HelloTab.qml in Qt Creator you will see that it gives the "expected token ';'" error for the first dash. Though this link [1] does not give any other definition on what is a qualified module name other than " is an identifier specified in dotted URI notation, which uniquely identifies the type namespace provided by the module", and neither this one [2] tells that dashes or underscpores would not qualify in a module name.

[1] http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtqml/qtqml-syntax-imports.html
[2] http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtqml/qtqml-modules-identifiedmodules.html

[Zsombor Egri (zsombi)]

I filed a bug [1] against QML Documentation [2], but the feedback from upstream was that dash does not qualify as valid in module names. However QtC allows the dash to be in a module name...

[1] https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-33170
[2] http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtqml/qtqml-modules-qmldir.html

[Zoltan Balogh (bzoltan)]

I have checked how QtC validates the QML Extension project and module names. The validator regular expression '^[A-Za-z0-9]+([A-Za-z0-9-]*[A-Za-z0-9]+)?(\.[A-Za-z0-9]+([-A-Za-z0-9]*[A-Za-z0-9]+)?)*$' specifically allows the "-" character in the module names.

[Kurt (ignitiongtown)]

This affects me without the dashes ever being in the project name but I do have this in my file path of the build

Starting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene...
QProcessPrivate::execChild() failed to chdir to /home/kurt/SDK Files/build-audiorecorder-Desktop-Default/.ubuntu-sdk-deploy
file:///home/kurt/SDKFiles/audiorecorder/app/audiorecorder.qml:34 Type WorldTab unavailable
file:///home/kurt/SDKFiles/audiorecorder/app/ui/WorldTab.qml:43 AudioRecorder is not a type

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene exited with code 255

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

saucy has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the saucy task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".