From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr0-f193.google.com (mail-wr0-f193.google.com [209.85.128.193]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D8971ABF for ; Tue, 9 May 2017 09:18:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wr0-f193.google.com with SMTP id v42so12035227wrc.3 for ; Tue, 09 May 2017 02:18:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=QVNpb/mzDvEe1yWZmqa9uQieeaOYlH4MrY/pJ/soC8g=; b=gCDEBhcTW8yKdOV7E7wSZpHZQQOeMdVAUYRAPmU4Xm7MqqWjBqQbWtKQkP/i7brWLk OJX1OmIOwPgklB0kFSQEHulJnOOf4tLVZGKXSCYhqk0E8/5Zz2hh2UCYpxlrGI+ujMZl 3lp7XhZCi/0D/Y9UMNH2S0iqx2dMjInyLlEbxZIAN41+VWwina6hG8Ff8u+Z7Ui69jh3 qvgdPxs4NKj6ybYJqMOo0/oHa3so0W33SWA10hnh+IDWaDfX84i1sUVlvBFbkn2eRd4k ZrX9y5ocgZxhtY6zq5jpvjDr3vnfo7LExFhdudlyTv+mIKDYEV4LWOwvFcVdroncLL8W iGGw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=QVNpb/mzDvEe1yWZmqa9uQieeaOYlH4MrY/pJ/soC8g=; b=HgwocVRFohHGxUT0XRwxvQgL0tnaB49rt9EqgXQcLHcmbDoqlesjx2pVlf5QsmMqno DbGEuyMLl1HtLSbI09ucm4KgjbfiUc0zA/jaaJJEtvQIlBkDC+5PWh28JkATnMEQz3Rm QTQEIdcS+YvgapUWkLIgCXDzAQsizyKOoOnCFZWVOT2oiIWDlDNIrWMN9Hio5s7Piynp kx4DDcqjCuF7y4bemN1y3Dsdg1uoWr2h6Vd1OVkJnI8b81UKpS7KmRTflGos5TqqGSE9 4ljXWoFKFKJxL52LxLta0hoZ0DUQV6nd4vKNgt4IGBqhf6o1eYji5VEsTJ7/3ZugXjv7 sTsQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/528p0ClFothOInxNV9XVnLKHYQgzeCX3hU1mGstFia4pMHBxcC 3SdysQX2AzrB69t8 X-Received: by 10.223.143.70 with SMTP id p64mr39921469wrb.120.1494321501739; Tue, 09 May 2017 02:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.19.15] ([95.147.75.190]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id r60sm20150209wrb.37.2017.05.09.02.18.20 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 09 May 2017 02:18:21 -0700 (PDT) To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org References: <1494240698452.53619@mentor.com> <16a6f453-9856-36c0-e160-036d23e98111@linux.intel.com> <19161543.bPvO6Cp06Y@peggleto-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com> <931ee9bc-a5cb-fcc2-278b-20a07731524d@dynamicdevices.co.uk> From: Ian Arkver Message-ID: <70344400-e36e-497e-e061-56821561c353@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 10:18:20 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <931ee9bc-a5cb-fcc2-278b-20a07731524d@dynamicdevices.co.uk> Subject: Re: GUI based images X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 09:18:23 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 09/05/17 09:44, Alex J Lennon wrote: > > > On 09/05/17 09:05, Alexander Kanavin wrote: >> On 05/09/2017 01:15 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote: >>>> LXDE in particular is Gtk2 based, it's no longer being developed, and >>>> has been superseded by LXQt. So it's a non-starter (and so is LXQt, >>>> which should be clear from its name :). >>> >>> FWIW I think this is a little short-sighted. Why are we ruling out Qt >>> exactly? >> >> We would first have to agree that Qt5 belongs in oe-core with >> appropriate level of maintenance and QA, and that it's okay to add >> half an hour or more to the building time of a standard GUI image. >> >> From the screenshots of LxQT, it looks like yet another Win95 clone >> meant strictly for desktop use that would certainly scale poorly to >> small resolution screens. Who would be the target audience for it in >> the embedded space? For the purposes of 'engineering UI', Sato is >> fine, and we don't need something else. >> >> Alex > > fwiw. I would love to be able to develop devices like those pictured > below, which I believe are based on Qt for Device Creation. > > https://d33sqmjvzgs8hq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/devices.png > > > ref: https://www.qt.io/qt-for-device-creation/ > > Cheers, > > Alex > They have their own meta-b2qt layer for that. See "Embedded documentation" and "Building Your Own Embedded Linux Image" from that page. It's not an OE-core thing, imho. Regards, Ian