5.6 branching is now complete (*).
anything that integrates to dev now is 5.7 material - as usual, no
cherry-picks.

(*) well, actually, it's, not, because the qtbase downmerge is
non-trivial and needs a review and an integration run, but that's
relevant only for RM, not for the developers.

a mini-post-mortem already: as every single time so far, something went
wrong with the supermodule (this time it was bad versioning in canvas3d,
which repeatedly threw off the branch/merge script). for a smooth
process, it's really essential that the supermodule and all submodules
are in a consistent state *before* the branching *starts*.
take that as a reminder that if you are adding a new module to the
supermodule, it's your responsibility to verify that the module is
actually built in a sane way within the new context.

On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 10:06:33AM +0000, Heikkinen Jani wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> As far as I know there shouldn't be anything preventing us to have FF & start 
> branching on Monday 10th Aug as planned. There is still work to do in new CI 
> side but that shouldn't prevent us to proceed with FF.
> 
> 
> Qt5.git update isn't working in 'dev' yet but after discussion with Lars & 
> others internally we agreed it isn't a blocker for FF & branching. Of course 
> it needs to be working before alpha release (which is planned to happen 8th 
> September).
> 
> 
> So if nothing new turns out later today/during the weekend Qt 5.6 feature 
> freeze is on Monday morning and we will start branching. We will use soft 
> branching like earlier so there should be enough time to finalize ongoing 
> changes for Qt 5.6 in 'dev' & start using '5.6' branch for Qt 5.6 
> development. And like earlier final downmerge from 'dev' to '5.6' will happen 
> ~ after a week (Most probably Monday 17th Aug).
> 
> 
> So please avoid creating new changes in 'dev' during next week, just finalize 
> ongoing changes there & start using '5.6' instead. 'dev' will be "open" for 
> new changes (new features etc) targeting to Qt 5.7 release after the final 
> downmerge.
> 
> 
> br,
> 
> Jani
> 
> ________________________________
> Lähettäjä: Heikkinen Jani
> Lähetetty: 3. elokuuta 2015 13:55
> Vastaanottaja: [email protected]
> Kopio: [email protected]
> Aihe: HEADS-UP: Qt 5.6 feature freeze and branching coming
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> According to  Qt 5.6 schedule (http://wiki.qt.io/Qt-5.6-release) feature 
> freeze & branching from 'dev' to '5.6' should happen next Monday (10.8.2015). 
> How it seems, are we ready for FF after a week?
> 
> 
> - Are all new modules in 'dev' already now? should be, see 
> http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2015-June/021809.html
> 
> - Are all mandatory new features in 'dev' now or coming in within a week?
> 
> - Are new modules & features fulfilling FF criteria, see 
> http://wiki.qt.io/Qt5_feature_freeze
> 
> (* List of new features in Qt 5.6 seems to be quite short, see 
> http://wiki.qt.io/New_Features_in_Qt_5.6 so it should be quite easy to do the 
> FF ;) Or  the page needs some updates from feature/module owners...)
> 
> 
> Is there something which prevents us to proceed as planned? Is new CI system 
> working well enough etc? Is Qt5.git update working ok in dev?
> 
> 
> I notice from https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/121238/ :
> 
> Simon Hausmann
> Jul 24 5:41 AM
> 
> Patch Set 31: Code-Review-2
> 
> Updates will be different
> 
> 
> br,
> 
> Jani

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