[Development] Qt Commercial 4.7.5 is out - how shall we contribute is the best?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday, 19 de January de 2012 16.49.20, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> So Digia is operating under special conditions right now, due to the lack
> of  Qt4 in Gerrit. Once it stabilises, I'd rather not see Digia release a
> commercial version with a version number that the official Qt doesn't have
> yet.
> 
> That might imply they need a second version number. E.g.:
> 
>         Qt Commercial 4.7.5 update 1
> 
> which indicates it's the Qt Commercial vendor branch, based on the official
> Qt  4.7.5, but it's an update to something previously released.

By the way, considering what Ossi said in the other email ("4.7 is closed as 
far as the qt project is concerned [...] [because] fixes are not being applied 
to 4.7 first"), the Qt project needs to make a decision:

- reopen the 4.7 branch and work on it, everyone, when a fix from someone (like 
Digia) turns up
- tell Digia to stop increasing the version number
- or turn over the maintenance of the 4.7 branch to Digia, including the 
ability to make releases

My personal preference, seeing how busy everyone is with 5.0 alone, not to 
mention 4.8, is the third option. Turning over maintenance does not mean 
"anything goes", but it means Digia engineers and the rest of the community 
work on the 4.7 branch inside the Qt project. Commits should still be reviewed 
and a Qt project release should still happen. I'm sure there are Linux 
distribution packagers who can help in the release testing for their own 
maintenance updates.

I propose we nominate a release maintainer/manager, who is responsible for 
setting the priorities for that release.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
     Intel Sweden AB - Registration Number: 556189-6027
     Knarrarnäsgatan 15, 164 40 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
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