On Friday 24 June 2016 00:41:25 Thiago Macieira wrote: > On sexta-feira, 24 de junho de 2016 06:49:56 PDT Lars Knoll wrote: > > On 24/06/16 02:12, "Development on behalf of Thiago Macieira" > > <development-bounces+lars.knoll=qt...@qt-project.org on behalf of > > > > thiago.macie...@intel.com> wrote: > > >On terça-feira, 21 de junho de 2016 23:37:57 PDT Thiago Macieira wrote: > > >> On terça-feira, 21 de junho de 2016 16:42:14 PDT Thiago Macieira wrote: > > >> > I propose that we delete the bad tag, retag and rerelease with a > > >> > better > > >> > name. > > >> > > >> Also: update MODULE_VERSION qtdeclarative/.qmake.conf. It MUST be > > >> different > > from the original 5.6.1 version. > > > >What action is going to be taken to fix this mistake? > > > > > >Suggestion: > > > * delete the v5.6.1-1 tag immediately > > > * immediately retract all source and binary releases with "-1" in the > > > name > > > * modify qtdeclarative's .qmake.conf to say MODULE_VERSION = 5.6.2 > > > * tag that v5.6.2, update qt5.git and tag it v5.6.2 > > > * rebuild binaries > > > * release them and source > > > > > >The tag v5.6.2 will be skipped in all the other modules. We update all of > > >their MODULE_VERSION to 5.6.3. > > > > What’s the point? Create ourselves man weeks worth of work and completely > > confuse all our users for what exactly? > > For two reasons: > > 1) because every Linux packager will call it 5.6.1.1, not 5.6.1-1. The tag > is *wrong*. Please delete the tag, regardless of whether new packages are > created, recreate it with the *right* name. > > 2) because the .qmake.conf file in qtdeclarative contains the same version > number for two releases. It's impossible for regular people to tell us which > version they have compiled if they have already erased the source tarballs. > > Let’s have a discussion at QtCS how to best do things in the future, but > > this is not worth it. > > We already have a procedure for making a release and all we had to do was > follow it. In any case, my problem was the release number, not the > procedure. All I want is the proper number now. > > At the very least, BRING BACK 5.6.1 to > http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.6/ > > Don't EVER delete releases. That's poor release practice and poor open > source practice. This is the same rule as "never silently replace release > files". > > I'm serious. Bring it back, now.
I agree. This really should have been 5.6.2. If this impacts on somebody's vacation then so be it. Sometimes we have to make sacrifices. It's the reality. This is why we have a process. How is this situation compatible with TQC's ISO 9001 certification?! Sean -- Dr Sean Harmer | sean.har...@kdab.com | Managing Director UK KDAB (UK) Ltd, a KDAB Group company Tel. +44 (0)1625 809908; Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090 Mobile: +44 (0)7545 140604 KDAB - Qt Experts _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
