Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2023-02-13 Thread Kevin Kofler via Development
Volker Hilsheimer via Development wrote: > But for the release team, the busy time is shortly before, and > significantly after the freeze. So from that perspective, having the > feature freeze either significantly before the summer break, or > afterwards, makes most sense. They are the ones most

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2023-02-13 Thread Volker Hilsheimer via Development
To: Volker Hilsheimer , Jani Heikkinen Cc: development@qt-project.org Subject: Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit Hi, One of the main problems we face every time with the feature freeze is a lot of changes coming in just before the deadline. While this is quite

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2023-02-06 Thread Tuukka Turunen via Development
of June? Yours, Tuukka From: Tuukka Turunen Date: Wednesday, 14. December 2022 at 11.44 To: Volker Hilsheimer , Jani Heikkinen Cc: development@qt-project.org Subject: Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit Hi, One of the main

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2023-01-12 Thread Edward Welbourne via Development
Tuukka Turunen (14 December 2022 10:44) wrote: > One of the main problems we face every time with the feature freeze is > a lot of changes coming in just before the deadline. That's how deadlines work. > Having the FF date just before a major holiday period is one item that > possibly increases

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2022-12-14 Thread Tuukka Turunen via Development
To: Jani Heikkinen Cc: development@qt-project.org Subject: Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit For me, the argument that Eddy makes is very strong: a milestone or deadline right after holidays has the potential of ruining those holidays, without giving any meaningful

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2022-12-08 Thread Volker Hilsheimer via Development
For me, the argument that Eddy makes is very strong: a milestone or deadline right after holidays has the potential of ruining those holidays, without giving any meaningful extra time to get features done. Releases of operating systems have some relevance: new macOS and Windows versions have

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2022-12-07 Thread Jani Heikkinen via Development
Hi! > Jani: what is the problem with that calendar interval's present length ? We need ~13 weeks (real working time) from the feature freeze to the final release. Currently we have holidays during that period and so on we need to reserve much longer calendar time for that. E.g. with Qt 6.5 this

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2022-12-07 Thread Eike Ziller via Development
I think one of the considerations of releasing March and Septemper was to have a chance to be considered for Ubuntu's April and October releases. I'm not sure if I remember correctly, though, and also not if that had the desired effect (if it was a reason in the first place). ++ Eike > Am

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2022-12-05 Thread Edward Welbourne via Development
Ivan Solovev (5 December 2022 14:42) wrote: > Also, as a developer, I personally find it good that we have FF before > the holidays. Because having it right after the holidays would anyway > mean that I need to have everything ready before the holidays. But > I'll just have less time for that. I

Re: [Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2022-12-05 Thread Ivan Solovev via Development
change the release schedules a bit Hi, I am proposing a change to the our release "frame": Currently we are releasing new Qt minor releases in March and in September. This is working quite well, but it is forcing us to have a Feature Freeze always before holidays and that's l

[Development] Proposal: let's change the release schedules a bit

2022-12-05 Thread Jani Heikkinen via Development
Hi, I am proposing a change to the our release "frame": Currently we are releasing new Qt minor releases in March and in September. This is working quite well, but it is forcing us to have a Feature Freeze always before holidays and that's lengthening the calendar time needed between the