[Development] dev snapshots idea

[Ayberk Özgür]

+1 for being able to work with Qt3D dev branch without building Qt itself.

On 08. 12. 14 16:17, Massimo Callegari wrote:
> Andrew,
> I am well aware of that site, and I frequently download snapshots when 
> they are available.
> My whole point is regarding Qt 5.5.0.
> Now we need to wait months before the first alpha snapshots will be 
> available.
>
> My idea is to start seeing snapshots this month.
> I am especially interested in Qt3D and I already have given feedbacks 
> via IRC to the developers.
> Since a couple of weeks, Qt3D can be built only on 5.5, ad even if I 
> am sure I can build Qt5-dev on Linux, I am discouraged to work with GIT.
> Moreover I can't give any feedback on Windows, OSX or Android, as 
> building for those platforms is (at least for me) a pain in the ass.
>
> Regards,
> Massimo
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Da:* Knight Andrew <andrew.knight at theqtcompany.com>
> *A:* Massimo Callegari <massimocallegari at yahoo.it>; 
> "development at qt-project.org" <development at qt-project.org>
> *Inviato:* Lunedì 8 Dicembre 2014 16:10
> *Oggetto:* RE: [Development] dev snapshots idea
>
> Hi Massimo,
> Perhaps you’re looking for http://download.qt-project.org/snapshots/ ?
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
>
> *From:*development-bounces+andrew.knight=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org 
> [mailto:development-bounces+andrew.knight=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Massimo Callegari
> *Sent:* 08 December 2014 17:07
> *To:* development at qt-project.org
> *Subject:* [Development] dev snapshots idea
> Hello Qt team, Jani,
> if possible, it would be nice to have snapshots during the whole 
> development of a Qt release.
> I'm not asking for nightly builds, but I would say snapshots every 1-2 
> weeks would allow a lot of users
> to test the latest developments, especially for those who follow 
> Gerrit like me.
> Building Qt from GIT is somehow tedious, requires a lot of time and 
> moreover you're never sure if a build issue is because you haven't 
> done a proper clean/disclean/uninstall/git pull.
> I believe it would also help you guys not to rush to fix deployment 
> issues when the time comes to release an alpha/beta/rc.
> Maybe you can just limit the targets to the most used ones, which you 
> will decide.
> E.g. Linux+Android x64, OSX android+ios, Windows msvc2013 opengl and 
> sources.
> I would appreciate some feedback about this idea. If it is not 
> feasible, just let us know.
> Thanks in advance and keep up the good work !
> Massimo
>
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