[Development] Maintainers, your action needed: Qt 5.12.2 changes files

[Mitch Curtis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cristián Maureira-Fredes
> Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2019 12:47 PM
> To: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>; Jani Heikkinen <jani.heikkinen at qt.io>;
> development at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Development] Maintainers, your action needed: Qt 5.12.2
> changes files
> 
> Hello,
> 
> so, we agree the Go one (qtqa) is the recommended one?

I think we need to wait to see what Jani says, but I added a section to the Qt 5 Releasing page in anticipation. :D

https://wiki.qt.io/Qt5Releasing#Change_log_generation

> Time ago, I was directed to this one:
> http://code.qt.io/cgit/qtsdk/qtsdk.git/tree/packaging-
> tools/create_changelog.pl
> and ended up suggesting this one as a replacement for the Qt for Python
> project: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/252162/
> 
> I understand it is better to focus on one script and improve it so that's why I
> would like to know which is the preferred option.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> on behalf of
> Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>
> Sent: 21 February 2019 11:46
> To: Jani Heikkinen; development at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Development] Maintainers, your action needed: Qt 5.12.2
> changes files
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jani Heikkinen
> > Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2019 11:06 AM
> > To: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>; development at qt-project.org
> > Subject: RE: [Development] Maintainers, your action needed: Qt 5.12.2
> > changes files
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>
> > > Sent: torstai 21. helmikuuta 2019 11.21
> > > To: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>; Jani Heikkinen
> > > <jani.heikkinen at qt.io>; development at qt-project.org
> > > Subject: RE: [Development] Maintainers, your action needed: Qt
> > > 5.12.2 changes files
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> On
> Behalf
> > > Of
> > > > Mitch Curtis
> > > > Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2019 9:33 AM
> > > > To: Jani Heikkinen <jani.heikkinen at qt.io>;
> > > > development at qt-project.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [Development] Maintainers, your action needed: Qt
> > > > 5.12.2 changes files
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> On
> > Behalf
> > > > Of
> > > > > Jani Heikkinen
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2019 9:19 AM
> > > > > To: development at qt-project.org
> > > > > Subject: [Development] Maintainers, your action needed: Qt
> > > > > 5.12.2 changes files
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > Initial ones here: https://codereview.qt-
> > > > >
> project.org/#/q/message:%22Add+changes+file+for+Qt+5.12.2%22,n,z
> > > > >
> > > > > Please take it over, do needed modifications and get '+2' during
> > > > > this
> > > week.
> > > >
> > > > Do we have a script that generates the change logs? I see that
> > > > qtbase has entries for bug fixes with the task number:
> > > >
> > > > http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/dist/changes-5.12.1/?h=v5.
> > > > 12
> > > > .1
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to get the same for the modules that I maintain. I'm
> > > > guessing that one was done manually, but I'd like to try to
> > > > automate it (even if it still requires some manual editing afterwards).
> > > >
> > > > I checked qtrepotools.git but didn't find anything. Simon created
> > > > one, but says that it's not the same one in use by the release team:
> > > >
> > > > http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtqa.git/tree/src/createchangelog
> > >
> > > Replying to myself to say that this tool works really well, and is
> > > very easy to use (especially with
> > > https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/253973/). Can the initial
> > > change logs
> > be created with it?
> >
> > We will test this and use it in coming releases if it works better
> > that current one
> 
> For what it's worth, the only negative difference I saw was that it
> (createchangelog) generates this:
> 
> Qt 5.12.2 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
> compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 5.12.1.
> 
> whereas the current one generates this:
> 
> Qt 5.12.2 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
> compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 5.12.0 through 5.12.1.
> 
> Doesn't seem that important though?
> 
> > br,
> > Jani
> >
> > >
> > > > > br,
> > > > > Jani Heikkinen
> > > > > Release Manager
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