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Month: December 2016

Re: kbluetooth

From: deloptes <deloptes@...>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:36:55 +0100
Michele Calgaro wrote:

> On 2016/11/23 03:07 AM, deloptes wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I downloaded kdebluetooth-1.0_beta8 and ported the code to TDE 14 (I have
>> most of the tools and libs at 14.1). I can build it without errors. I am
>> now looking into what needs to be done for the code to actually work. The
>> major part is the dbus/bluez5 code. Do you have any hints that could
>> perhaps help me? I have only basic understanding of both dbus/bluez5 and
>> some user experience with both. I read briefly a guide for updating
>> bluez4
>> to bluez5  and reference to dbus interface.
>> 
>> Another challenge is the debian packaging part, perhaps someone would
>> like to help there as I am not sure how TDE packages are build (paths),
>> but even if no one has the time, I have to sit down and learn about it as
>> I would need it in near future so again any hints where to start are
>> appreciated. I have some good understanding how debian/* works, so I need
>> more TDE specifics here.
>> 
>> Thank you in advance and regards
>> 
> 
> Hi Emanoil,
> I have no experience in blues (either 4 or 5) so I can't say much about
> that. Regarding the packaging part, IMO you could first focus on getting
> bluez functionality to work and later worry about the packaging part. Keep
> in mind that TDE is available also for rpm based distro, not only deb
> based one, so we will have to package it also for them, with a little help
> of Francois :-)
> 
> Cheers
>   Michele

Is it to expect that there is bluez4 in use on the supported distributions?
If yes it would be more complicated. Should I drop bluez4 support?

Thanks!