[linux-nfc] Re: [PATCH] tag: Implement readout of tag UID via DBus interface

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021@09:53:21AM +0100, Frieder Schrempf wrote:
> Hi Mark,

Hi Frieder.

> On 12.03.21 02:21, Mark Greer wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021@09:50:20AM +0100, Schrempf Frieder wrote:
> > > From: Frieder Schrempf <[email protected]>
> > 
> > Hi Frieder.
> > 
> > I am supposed to be taking over neard maintenance but I have been
> > completely derelict in my duties.  I need to refresh my brain's
> > cache and look@your patch in more detail.  In the meantime,
> > I have a few minor comments below.
> 
> Good to hear that you are planning to take over maintainership. I was a bit
> worried to see neard being abandoned.

Just a warning that I have precious little time to dedicate to this so
please set expectations accordingly.

> I also recently found out that Qt has abandoned their support for neard in
> Qt 6 [1], which means that Qt 5.15 is the last version to offer integration
> with neard.
> 
> I think that's very unfortunate as this provided a nice and mainline-ish
> stack for NFC devices from the kernel up to the application layer. I don't
> know the reasons for this decision, but neard looking like it is not
> maintained anymore is maybe one of them.
> 
> [1] https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-81824

Thank you for the heads up and link.  This is disappointing.  I'll reach
out to them and see what their current thoughts are and whether they'll
reconsider.

Mark
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