Cleanup and Improve QGCApplication

[HTRamsey]

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Pull Request Overview

This PR provides a comprehensive cleanup and improvement of the QGCApplication class, focusing on modernizing C++ practices, improving thread safety, and enhancing memory management. The changes include better resource management using smart pointers, improved thread-safe design patterns, and more robust error handling throughout the application initialization sequence.

• Modernized C++ patterns with smart pointers, atomic variables, and RAII
• Enhanced thread safety with proper mutex usage and atomic initialization tracking
• Improved error handling and logging throughout the application lifecycle

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
src/QGCApplication.h	Major refactoring with smart pointers, thread-safe members, and improved API design
src/QGCApplication.cc	Complete rewrite of implementation with modern C++ practices and better error handling
src/FactSystem/ParameterManager.cc	Minor fix to parameter cache directory handling
src/Comms/TCPLink.cc	Corrected logging category name from test to qgc namespace
src/Comms/LinkManager.h	Added serial permissions check function declaration
src/Comms/LinkManager.cc	Moved ZeroConf code and added serial permissions validation

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src/QGCApplication.cc:1

• This function is defined in QGCApplication.cc but belongs to LinkManager class. This will cause linking errors as the function should be implemented in LinkManager.cc where it's properly scoped to the LinkManager class.

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Pull Request Overview

Copilot reviewed 6 out of 6 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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src/QGCApplication.cc:1

• Typo in the log message: 'SericeType' should be 'ServiceType' (missing 'v').

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src/QGCApplication.cc:1

• Multiple spelling errors in the comment: 'doesnt' should be 'doesn't' (missing apostrophe) and 'trailling' should be 'trailing' (extra 'l').

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src/Utilities/Platform.cc:1

• QProcess is used on lines 255-267 but the include is missing. This will cause compilation errors.

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QLatin1String does not have an arg() method. Use QString instead or convert to QString first before calling arg().

Suggested change

	applicationName = QLatin1String("%1_unittest").arg(QLatin1String(QGC_APP_NAME));
	applicationName = QString("%1_unittest").arg(QGC_APP_NAME);

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QLatin1String does not have an arg() method. Use QString instead or convert to QString first before calling arg().