Are you sure you want to require qmake for the daemon build?

I agree having a unified build system would be nice, but qmake doesn't add anything for non-qt software. Better to stick with a makefile.

If the goal is 'making it easier for the user' maybe it'd be best to make a bash script that wraps both, that builds the daemon if possible, and the UI if possible, and converts command line flags.

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