[Development] New Qt Modules

[Thiago Macieira]

On Tuesday 13 October 2015 18:01:31 Dominik Holland wrote:
> Am 13.10.15 um 16:15 schrieb Thiago Macieira:
> > On Tuesday 13 October 2015 07:35:14 Viironen Kalle wrote:
> >>   * qt/qtapplicationmanager, Qt component for application lifecycle
> > 
> > management
> > 
> >>   *   qt/qtivi, Qt IVI extensible platform abstraction layer
> > 
> > I'd like more information on what's on these. What's application lifecycle
> > management? Is that similar to session management?
> 
> Starting, Stopping, installing, removing, updating Applications in a
> safe way.

As in, other applications and the menu system? Do you have support for the XDG 
.desktop files and menu systems?

As for updating, are you integrating with existing Linux package manager 
services?

> > And what is an IVI platform that needs to be abstracted? How does that
> > relate to the serial bus?
> 
> It's not related to the serial bus.
> 
> In there should be APIs for system developers. E.g. APIs to control air
> condition or your massage seats. Or to read information like the current
> Door/Window states.
> 
> Usually every car manufacturer has it's own API to access those or
> starting from scratch for every new car line.

Are you using the Automotive Message Broker for this? It's meant to abstract 
all of this and it has Qt support.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center