[Idea] Replace Windows SDK with Linux SDK on VirtualBox

How would you solve the problem with transfering the source files or the final binaries between host and VM? There is the "shared folder" feature of VirtualBox, but that is quite inefficient. Another solution would be to share files via NFS or some kind of IP tunnel (OpenVPN, self brewn ssh), which is relatively difficult to configure.

@ibins the current SDK for Windows already uses two VMs (one for mer and one for sailfish) with shared folders. So, looks like this problem was considered a non-issue in the design phase of the SDK.

vbox also has bidirectional drag and drop for files, as well as bidirectional clipboard.

The main issue is the emulator, as the build engine can be set up in a chroot with sb2.

Except now instead of maintaining an sdk based off qtc which is already cross platform, they're maintaining a whole linux image.

@tstdnl: True, there already are shared folders. The difference is, that they are preconfigured within the SDK download package. Installing the SDK as a VM would automatically require more configuration from users. And a VM within a VM is a bad idea.
I really like the idea to separate the tools (emulator and compiling environment) from the source code. This makes you less dependend on third party software like qtcreator, as the editor can be replaced.

@r0kk3rz they already maintain a linux image under VirtualBox. :-) All they have to do is add the developer tools and a small native windows launcher+configurator.