[Development] Reviews needed before android integration in two weeks

[Jake Thomas Petroules]

Surely you meant darwin-g++-macx. :)

I don't think the Android mkspec warrants having Linux in it simply because it's such a radically different system in many ways. Custom C++ library, different executable format, custom packaging tools, custom UI stack, the fact that native apps can't even be run standalone without Java glue (at least before 2.3)... it's much further from Linux than Maemo is. As a comparison, BlackBerry's mkspec does not include QNX.

Jake Petroules
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On Feb 5, 2013, at 7:10 AM, Eskil Abrahamsen Blomfeldt <eskil.abrahamsen-blomfeldt at digia.com> wrote:

> On 02/05/2013 12:49 PM, Friedemann Kleint wrote:
>> - Nokia is also mentioned along with names of former employees in the 
>> json style parser under widgets/styles.  Btw, I am generally wondering 
>> about it, it seems to add a new Json parser. Could it be replaced by 
>> the Json classes of QtCore?
> 
> We have a task about that. I think it either needs to be replaced by 
> Qt's json classes or put into 3rdparty.
> 
>> 
>> -  Compilation of the branch under Windows fails with the attached 
>> log. Something is probably wrong with #ifdefing/profiles?
> 
> Great, thanks!
> 
> Simon Hausmann wrote:
>> Let's put it this way: linux-g++* is just as fuzzy as android-g++* in what it
>> means. But we're not in the business of creating mathematical formulas, we're
>> in the business of making life easier for software developers. If we can make
>> it easier for people to port their app to Android, why don't we do it?
> 
> I don't have any very strong opinion either way, so whatever the 
> majority decides is fine by me, but since there's a disagreement: Could 
> you please elaborate on what makes linux-android-g++ (or 
> linux-g++-android for symmetry with maemo) simpler for the developer 
> compared to android-g++?
> 
> Technically I don't think Android is considered a Linux-distribution. 
> Wouldn't this be similar to renaming the OSX mkspec to "macx-g++-darwin"?
> 
> -- Eskil
> 
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