[Development] New repository request for an Edge AI module

[Volker Hilsheimer]

> On 4 Aug 2026, at 12:25, Tommi Mänttäri via Development <development at qt-project.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello, 
> We would like to request a new repository. Here are the details.
> 
> Name: Qt Edge AI
> Description: A module that enables developers to create Edge AI applications in a platform and AI runtime agnostic way.
> Focus on first releases is on Vision AI use cases (Object Recognition and Classification) and embedded devices (Qualcomm IQ series,
> NVIDIA Jetson & Thor & IGX, and NXP iMX95).
> Responsible persons: Tinja Paavoseppä (tinja.paavoseppa at qt.io), Jari Helaakoski (jari.helaakoski at qt.io), Alex Bu (alex.bu at qt.io)
> and Tommi Mänttäri (tommi.manttari at qt.io)
> Repository name: qt/qtedgeai
> Note: We are not importing existing history; all changes are coming from ongoing Gerrit reviews e.g.
> https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtedgeai/+/727532
> 
> Best regards,
> Tommi, Alex, Jari and Tinja



Hi all,


We’ve chatted internally about this request to identify which of the responsible persons should be Maintainer of the new module.

As the driver and architect behind this new module, Tommi would be the right person to be the maintainer. However, he is currently not Approver in the Qt Project, and his publicly accessible commit history is a bit on the short side:

Authored: https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:tommi.manttari@qt.io
Reviewed: https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/commentby:tommi.manttari@qt.io+-owner:tommi.manttari@qt.io

Our governance model provides for the possibility that maintainers are only approvers for the specific project they are maintainer for:

> Becoming Maintainer of anything in a main module of Qt implies becoming Approver throughout Qt,
> if one is not so yet. The Maintainer of a playground project is an Approver for that project,
> even if not so more generally.

This new module is most certainly not a “main module of Qt”, and while it’s also not a playground project, the mechanism seems suitable.

So, unless anyone objects within the next days, we’ll go ahead with establishing this new submodule with Tommi as maintainer, and approver privileges granted only for that specific submodule.


Cheers,
Volker