[Development] New Qt Modules

[Johan Thelin]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Thiago Macieira
<thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
> 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?

We are using an application bundle format right now that lets us
deploy self-contained applications without interdependencies. Robert
Griebl can tell you more about the details and what possible
extensions that can be added.

>> > 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.

We target APIs with more of a Qt feel to them. AMB can definitely be
used as a backend feeding data to such APIs, but it would only be one
of several possible backends.

Best regards,

Johan Thelin

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>   Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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