[Development] Setting up time-based releases for the project

Rick Stockton rickstockton at reno-computerhelp.com
Tue Aug 7 17:12:43 CEST 2012


On 08/06/2012 02:22 PM, joao.abecasis at nokia.com wrote:
> Hello Qt-ians,
> << SNIP >>
>
> * The branches
>
> The three branches define a progression of decreasing rate-of-change and
> thus increasing stability.
>
> - Fire hose - the main development branch. It supports the minor release
>    cycle. The commit policy allows for features and bug fixes. Changes
>    must support BC promises for minor releases.
>
>    This is the default branch for all changes.
Just to highlight this: Changes in 5.1 must be Binary Compatible for 
software compiled and built under 5.0, yes?
(Some months ago, it was still uncertain whether 5.1 would actually be 
like a "major release", with 5.0 more of a "preview".)



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