Fwd: [Development] Bluetooth support for Windows (RT/10) in Qt 5.6

[Thiago Macieira]

FYI

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Subject: [Development] Bluetooth support for Windows (RT/10) in Qt 5.6
Date: Tuesday 16 June 2015, 12:42:21
From: Kalinowski Maurice <Maurice.Kalinowski at theqtcompany.com>
To: development at qt-project.org <development at qt-project.org>

Hi everyone,

It might sound weird that while we're trying to get 5.5.0 out I am starting a 
discussion about Qt 5.6, but if you look at the release schedule there is not 
much time for the feature freeze

https://wiki.qt.io/Qt-5.6-release

One of the items the Windows / WinRT team would really like to see included to 
that release is support for Bluetooth and BTLE.

The current idea is to use the WinRT API for that backend, as it provides the 
advantage that it can also be used on Windows Desktop starting Windows 8(.1). 
WinRT covers Windows 10 support (both classic and Unified Windows Platform) as 
well.

This leaves out support for Windows Desktop older than Windows 8. But as we 
are aiming to implement new features, we should draw the line somewhere and 
the WinRT backend clearly has the biggest potential to be supported in many 
years' time, while the (or multiple) pure desktop solution would be deprecated 
sooner or later again. Also given the fact that we can target quite many 
platforms with one backend gives us a better coverage for maintenance and 
resourcing.

The reason that I am mentioning this on the mailing list is that after talking 
to some folks here in The Qt Company, multiple people inside and outside 
already started or wanted to start efforts on this topic. Hence the aim of this 
email is to get everyone connected and work on it together to make it happen 
within the 5.6 feature freeze.

So, if you have worked on Bluetooth (LE) on Windows or want to, please get in 
touch with me to align.


BR,
Maurice


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