[Development] Marking BB10 unsupported

[Bo Thorsen]

Hi Vladimir,

Den 24-03-2015 kl. 10:23 skrev Vladimir Minenko:
> On 24/03/15 09:04, Blasche Alexander wrote:
>> The BB10 code in Qt is not just the platform plugin. Does this
>> statement apply to all other BB10 code throughout other Qt modules?
>
> Following this question from Alex, and actually asking more Rafael. What
> do you mean exactly with "mark the BlackBerry 10 platform unsupported"?
> Which problem do you like to solve?
>
>> To mind comes sensors, qtlocation, bluetooth, nfc and maybe
>> multimedia.
>
> On top of this, the current implementation of QPA for BB10 is very much
> interlinked with the QNX one, it is basically almost the same.
>
> While clarifying which problem will "mark the BlackBerry 10 platform
> unsupported" actually solve, I just want to warn that making actual
> changes in code in that respect will result in quite some work. I'm not
> sure if somebody in the project has that much time for this.
>
>> And just out of curiosity, how do I distinguish QNX from BB10.The
>> line is often very blurry.
>
> Indeed. It is just as easy as on other platforms which have used a core
> OS and have added middleware and apps on top. Do you know the way how to
> distinguish Linux from Andriod which runs on top of it?
>
> Generally, there are defines set by configure which let you check you
> you run on pure QNX or on BB10.

I could be wrong in this, so please correct if there are mistakes.

When BB10 is unsupported, if a fix for QNX breaks BB10, that's 
acceptable (undesirable, of course, BB10 might come back).

"Things" should work on QNX. Whether or not it works on BB10 is not 
important.

Bugs for BB10 are basically irrelevant, QNX bugs are not.

There will be no active development on BB, QNX will be kept up to date.

I don't think this makes much of a difference for QNX, if any. One of my 
customers use the on screen BB keyboard on QNX, and this might have an 
impact. But other than weird stuff like this, I don't think you have to 
worry.

Bo Thorsen,
Director, Viking Software.

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