[Development] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 27.1.2026

[Jani Heikkinen]

Qt 6.10 status
- Qt 6.10.2 release content is frozen, packages are done and testing is ongoing
- The target is to release Qt 6.10.2 by the end of this week
 
Qt 6.11 status
- Qt 6.11 API change review is still ongoing, see  https://qt-project.atlassian.net/browse/QTBUG-142691
- Updating 3rd party components for Qt 6.11 is still ongoing, see https://qt-project.atlassian.net/browse/QTBUG-143126
- We should be able to compelete both API reviews and 3rd party component updates by Beta3, which will be released ~mid Feb.
- Qt 6.11 string freeze will be in effect Tue 10th February, soft string freeze will be announced Tue 3rd February
 
Next meeting Tue 3rd February 2026 16:00 CET

br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager
 
irc log below:
[17:00:11] <jaheikki3> ablasche: akseli: carewolf: lars_: mapaaso: The-Compiler: thiago: vohi[M]: ping
[17:00:19] <carewolf> pong
[17:00:51] <vohi[M]> jaheikki3: pong
[17:01:28] <frkleint> jaheikki3: pong
[17:01:30] <thiago> jaheikki3: PONG
[17:01:33] <thiago> oops
[17:01:42] <jaheikki3> :D
[17:01:53] <jaheikki3> Time to start Qt release team meeting
[17:02:00] <jaheikki3> On agenda today:
[17:02:03] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.10 status
[17:02:06] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.11 status
[17:02:14] <jaheikki3> Any additional item to the agenda?
[17:03:51] <jaheikki3> Let's start from Qt 6.10 status
[17:04:03] <vohi[M]> 6.12 timeline, perhaps?
[17:04:48] <jaheikki3> vohi[M]: I was planning to discuss that in the next meeting, after the proposal has been avaiable for comments long enough
[17:04:59] <vohi[M]> ok, no problem
[17:05:10] <jaheikki3> So qt 6.10 status
[17:05:11] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.10.2 release content is frozen
[17:05:20] <jaheikki3> And release packages are finally created
[17:05:48] <jaheikki3> Package creation were delayed because of CI/infra issues we had last week
[17:06:05] <jaheikki3> Package testing is now ongoing
[17:06:15] <jaheikki3> The target is to release Qt 6.10.2 by the end of this week
[17:06:40] <jaheikki3> That's all about 6.10 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:08:15] <jaheikki3> Then Qt 6.11 status (which is pretty much the same than last week :D)
[17:08:30] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.11 API change review is still ongoing, see  https://qt-project.atlassian.net/browse/QTBUG-142691
[17:09:05] <jaheikki3> The same applies to 3rd party component update, it is still ongoing, see https://qt-project.atlassian.net/browse/QTBUG-143126
[17:09:39] <jaheikki3> all those should be done by beta3
[17:10:06] <jaheikki3> which will be released by mid Feb 
[17:10:28] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.11 string freeze will be in effect Tue 10th February, soft string freeze will be announced Tue 3rd February
[17:10:59] <jaheikki3> that's aall about 6.11 status. Any comments or questions?
[17:11:31] <thiago> I thought the QtCore reviews were done. Not much activity in Gerrit going on.
[17:11:39] <thiago> will check about closing if done
[17:12:02] <jaheikki3> thiago: great, thanks!
[17:12:53] <jaheikki3> It was all at this time so let's end this meeting now & have new one Tue 3rd of February at this same time
[17:13:02] <jaheikki3> Thanks for your participation, bye!
[17:13:07] <thiago> thanks, bye
[17:13:15] <carewolf> bye
[17:13:30] <vohi[M]> bye
[17:14:13] <frkleint> bye