[Development] [Releasing] Preparing Qt 5.0.1 release

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 03:51:02PM +0000, shane.kearns at accenture.com wrote:
> > NOTE: No cherry-picks this time !!
> >
> What about changes that are integrated to stable already but missed
> the branch due to unrelated test failures delaying the integration?
> 
your premise is already wrong.
if it failed integration and you already knew that and when the branch
will be created, then you should have abandoned, waited for the branch
creation, and re-targeted the change. ergo, your fault, and you deal
with the consequences (your precious change will have to wait for the
next release).
if you didn't know the timing of the branching (*), the fact that the
first integration(s) failed is irrelevant.

(*) that would be your fault, too, as iikka announced it with sufficient
headroom. i'd have liked a more precise branching time specification, but
otoh that just increases the risk of people making a too tight bet.