[Development] Bluetooth and NFC vs Reference Platforms

[Knoll Lars]

On 9/30/13 5:38 PM, "Thiago Macieira" <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:

>Qt Project guidelines say that all features that are relevant for the
>reference platforms must be implemented in the reference platforms.

No. It has to be implemented on all reference platforms if the module is
an essential module. Add-ons where always free to define the set of
platforms they support.
>
>For NFC, I understand that Mac and Windows (desktop) support is not
>relevant. 
>However, on Linux, neard has existed for a while, so I say that Linux
>support 
>is valid and should be present in QtNfc before it's "ready for beta".

It's an add-on, not an essential.
>
>Similarly for Bluetooth, which exists on all platforms. But since I don't
>know 
>the QtBluetooth API, I don't know whether the API implemented makes sense
>for 
>the desktops. Can someone clarify?

Bluetooth makes sense on the desktop, and it will probably happen at some
point, but right it's not there yet.

Cheers,
Lars