On Wednesday 15 February 2017 18:17:32 Thiago Macieira wrote: > On quarta-feira, 15 de fevereiro de 2017 09:00:09 PST Tuukka Turunen wrote: > > First I want to say that I am also very sorry that we need to skip 5.8.1. > > Unfortunately I do not see any other approach that would allow us to: 1) > > catch the delay caused by 5.8 being late (and 5.7 being late, and 5.6 > > being > > late) and 2) enable implementation the much needed CI changes in good time > > before Qt 5.10 feature freeze. > > Here's a way: > > Push the 5.9 and 5.10 timelines back. If necessary, unfreeze Qt 5.9.
Yes this is what I would vote for too. The 5.9 deadline is somewhat arbitrary/self imposed so does not have to be set in stone. If this has knock- on effects for the CI upgrades, why can't these be done during the summer break by staggering the sysadmin vacations instead of all of them going off at the same time? With this we could have a timeline something like this: 1) Release 5.8.1 asap. Hopefully this would go smoothly given it's a .1 release. 2) Push 5.9.0 deadline to end of June but aim for earlier if the config system doesn't adversely affect the package generation. 3) Perform CI upgrades as soon as 5.9.0 is out (may require some juggling of vacation requests if 5.9.0 goes until end of June. 4) After summer vacation, start release process for 5.9.1 and 5.10. This also helps mitigate the risk of something delaying the 5.9.0 release by getting a .1 release to the users in the interim. Also, to allow others to help with the release process, could you explain where the main bottle neck is with the release process please? Is it the package generation itself? The smoke testing? Something else? KDAB is willing to help where we can if it means we can get a 5.8.1 release in the hands of yours and our customers. But to be able to help, we need to know how we can. Kind regards, Sean -- Dr Sean Harmer | [email protected] | 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 [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
