[Development] dev snapshots idea

[Heikkinen Jani]

Hi!
We are planning to start creating snapshots from Qt 5.5 soon after Qt5.4.0 release

Br,
Jani

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: development-bounces+jani.heikkinen=theqtcompany.com at qt-
>>project.org [mailto:development-
>>bounces+jani.heikkinen=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of
>>Milian Wolff
>>Sent: 8. joulukuuta 2014 21:15
>>To: development at qt-project.org
>>Subject: Re: [Development] dev snapshots idea
>>
>>On Monday 08 December 2014 16:19:49 Ayberk Özgür wrote:
>>> +1 for being able to work with Qt3D dev branch without building Qt itself.
>>
>>All you need to build for Qt3D is (afaik) Qt Base and, optionally, Qt
>>Declarative. It's pretty easy to do that, and quick to update afterwards as
>>well. This should not hold you up when you want to try Qt 3D in its current
>>form.
>>
>>Bye
>>
>>> 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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