[Development] Feature freeze exception for QTBUG-98545

[Lars Knoll]

I’m always a bit worried about build system changes in stable branches. Does this in any way interfere with or change how Qt itself is being build and packaged?

Cheers,
Lars

> On 7 Dec 2021, at 12:21, Alexandru Croitor <alexandru.croitor at qt.io> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to request a feature freeze exception for adding the new CMake deployment API in Qt 6.3.
> 
> It covers deployment of applications that use Qt and QML modules targeting Windows and macOS, with further platform support added in later Qt versions (Linux and cross-compilation if/when possible).
> 
> The CMake API is meant to be Technical Preview in 6.3.
> 
> JIRA task https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-98545
> 
> The work is mostly done, but there are still a few things we need to iron out before we can merge the changes and thus might slip the deadline.
> 
> The ongoing work can be found in these 2 Gerrit chains:
> 
> https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/383732/9
> https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtdeclarative/+/383833
> 
> Regards,
> Alexandru.
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