[Development] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 07.11.2023

[Jani Heikkinen]

Qt 6.6 status:

  *   Qt 6.6.1 release preparations are ongoing
     *   Branching from '6.6' to '6.6.1' will happen Tue 14th of November
     *   Target is to release Qt 6.6.1 Thu 23rd of November


Qt 6.7 status:

  *   Platform and module freeze -milestone will be in effect 24th of November
     *   No new modules known for Qt 6.7. If there will be any please inform Jani immediately.
     *   Possible exceptions can be taken in after FF & Beta1; It is really important to stop provisioning changes at platform and module freeze.
  *   Qt 6.7 Feature Freeze will be in effect 8th of December so only a month time to implement new features for Qt 6.7.

Next meeting Tue 21st of November 16:00 CET

br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager

irc log below:
[16:59:35] <+jaheikki3> ablasche: akseli: carewolf: lars_: mapaaso: The-Compiler: thiago. vohi: ping
[16:59:44] <vohi> jaheikki3: pong
[17:00:10] <thiago> jaheikki3: pong
[17:00:52] <+jaheikki3> Time to start qt release team meeting
[17:00:58] <+jaheikki3> on agenda today:
[17:01:03] <+jaheikki3> Qt 6.6 status
[17:01:10] <+jaheikki3> Qt 6.7 status
[17:01:18] <+jaheikki3> Any additional item to the agenda?
[17:02:40] <+jaheikki3> Let's start from Qt 6.6 status
[17:02:58] <+jaheikki3> Which is actually pretty much the same as last time:
[17:03:15] <+jaheikki3> Qt 6.6.1 release preparations are ongoing
[17:03:34] <+jaheikki3> Branching from '6.6' to '6.6.1' will happen Fri 10th of November
[17:04:03] <+jaheikki3> And the target is to release Qt 6.6.1 23rd of November
[17:05:10] <+jaheikki3> That's actually all about qt 6.6 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:06:01] <vohi> given that it's bug fixing sprint in the company, maybe branching after that is over makes more sense?
[17:06:26] <vohi> ie. wait for Tuesday 14th
[17:06:46] <+jaheikki3> That's actually true, I'll postpone the branching then a bit
[17:06:59] <carewolf_home> +1
[17:07:14] <+jaheikki3> So branching will happen Tue 14th
[17:07:25] <+jaheikki3> Thanks for noticing this!
[17:07:53] <+jaheikki3> Ok, then Qt 6.7 status
[17:08:34] <+jaheikki3> Some challenges to get dependency update done in 'dev'; last successful round 20th October
[17:09:10] <+jaheikki3> But known issues should be fixed and new round will be started when latest fix integrates in qtbase
[17:09:26] <+jaheikki3> Platform and module freeze -milestone will be in effect 24th of November
[17:09:38] <+jaheikki3> No new modules informed so far
[17:10:05] <+jaheikki3> So if there will be any please inform me immediately
[17:10:44] <+jaheikki3> Qt 6.7 Feature Freeze will be in effect 8th of December so only a month left to implement new features for Qt 6.7
[17:10:56] <thiago> ok
[17:11:12] <+jaheikki3> That's all about Qt 6.7 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:11:16] -*- thiago needs to finish one feature for QMetaObject::listInvoke
[17:11:20] <thiago> thanks for reminding
[17:11:22] <vohi> we might have some provisioning changes coming in as a consequence of trying to link dynamically against FFmpeg; are those subject to the platform/modules deadline?
[17:11:52] <vohi> (in which case I might just as well ask for exception right away ;))
[17:12:08] <+jaheikki3> vohi: yes, those are. It is really important to stop provisioning changes at platform/module freeze
[17:13:11] <vohi> agree, those take along time and often have a lot of fallout; but also important that we stop linking statically against FFmpeg, that library has a huge attack surface
[17:13:17] <+jaheikki3> vohi: if we need an exception for those that's OK for me but as usual those exceptions should be taken in only after the FF; after beta1 is out
[17:14:20] <+jaheikki3> (those platform etc provisioning changes has been biggest reason for FF/beta1 delays in previous releases and it has been much easier after we took that milestone in the use)
[17:16:45] <+jaheikki3> It was all at this time so let's end this meeting now. I can't participate Tue 14th so let's have new meeting Tue 21st at this same time
[17:17:01] <+jaheikki3> Thanks for your participation, bye!
[17:17:04] <carewolf_home> bye
[17:19:30] <vohi> thanks!

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