[Development] Qt 5 beta

[jan-arve.saether at nokia.com]

ext Thiago Macieira wrote on 2012-08-30:

> On quinta-feira, 30 de agosto de 2012 11.23.07, lars.knoll at nokia.com
> wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>> 
>> the Qt 5 beta has now been released. Please find all the details at
>> 
>> http://www.qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5-Beta
>> 
>> and my blog post at
>> 
>> http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2012/08/30/qt5-beta-is-here
>> 
>> Enjoy!
> 
> As pointed out on IRC:
> 
> it's unacceptable that this release happened without a formal GO/NO-GO 
> in the releasing mailing list and in the #qt-releases channel. There 
> are people testing packages today, right now.
> 
> We might be missing the Release Manager, recognised by the Qt Project, 
> who makes the call and ensures that everyone's opinions are collected.
> But that doesn't give someone else the right to release.
> 
> It simply makes a release impossible.
> 
> Now the deed is done and let's move on. But let's make sure it never 
> happens again.
>

Agreed.
The latest test of the windows source package was reported as a failure (by J-P Nurmi),
so the beta might not even work for win32-msvc2010 mkspec.

Jan Arve