On Montag, 11. April 2016 23:39:57 CEST Agustin Benito (toscalix) wrote: > Hi all, > > I was unsure if this is the the right list for this since I a not > subscribed to plasma ML.. If not, apologies. > > The last few months I have been working on a project that could be an > interesting experiment for KDE. It is called GDP[1] (GENIVI Demo > Platform). > > GENIVI Alliance[2] is a group of 140 companies that design, spec and > develop Open Source middleware for automotive. GDP is GENIVI's > integration and delivery effort to ease the adoption, test and > development of those Open Source middleware components, specially > IVI[3] ones. To build the platform, Yocto project is being used. We > are currently working on porting GDP-ivi9 to QEMU, Renesas Porter and > RPi2 boards. > > Why this project might be of interest for KDE? > > In the coming days the GDP delivery team will release GDP-ivi9, which > includes Qt 5.3.2. In May we will start working in the new version, > which will hopefully bring a newer Qt version..The coming weeks we > will be collecting requests and discuss them, so this could be the > perfect time to evaluate Plasma on GDP.. > > GDP is being used by many companies as a platform to demo applications > and other software components for the automotive sector, specially in > R&D environments . > > Automotive is a sector that is currently moving from consuming Open > Source to producing it. This initiative would provide KDE a potential > new market for applications and it would reinforce KDE project in the > embedded world, beyond mobile, increasing Qt ecosystem interest in our > community. > > What do we need? > > My team is in charge of the integration and delivery of GDP. We can > work with KDE contributors to bring Plasma 5 into GDP. But first KDE > experts needs to evaluate if it is feasible and make sense. > > How to get GDP? > > Check the Download page[4] for the GDP-ivi9 RC1 for QEMU. If you know > about YOCTO, you can build GDP from scratch. The new version will be > available next week with easier to consume images. > > I would love to find a way to promote KDE in a new industry: > automotive. Drop me an e-mail or answer here if you think you can help > to evaluate this possibility.
Hi Agustin, this does indeed sound like a great opportunity for us! I cannot give any feedback on the technical side, of course, but if there is any way I can help with my area of expertise, I'd be glad to! Cheers, Thomas _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
