[Development] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 02.06.2026

[Jani Heikkinen]

Qt 6.12 status:
- Branching from 'dev' to '6.12' is done
- Qt 6.12 Feature Freeze is in effect
   * Feature freeze exception requests:
         ** non-separable blending modes (https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2026-June/047205.html): Will be handled in the next week's meeting.
         ** QML Preview Hot Reload (https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2026-June/047210.html): Exception granted
- The plan is to create Qt 6.12 Beta1 packages from the first successful dependency update round in '6.12' and release Qt 6.12 beta1 by the end of next week

Next meeting Tue 9th June 2026 16:00 CET

br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager

irc log below:
[17:00:28] <jaheikki3> ablasche: akseli: carewolf: frkleint: lars: mapaaso: The-Compiler: thiago: vohi[M]: ping
[17:00:38] <thiago> jaheikki3: pong
[17:01:16] <akseli> jaheikki3: pong
[17:01:50] <vohi[M]> jaheikki3: pong
[17:02:41] <jaheikki3> time to start qt release team meeting
[17:02:46] <jaheikki3> On agenda today:
[17:02:49] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.12 status
[17:02:58] <jaheikki3> Any additional item to the agenda?
[17:03:58] <jaheikki3> Let's browse through 6.12 status
[17:04:16] <jaheikki3> Branching from 'dev' to '6.12' is done
[17:04:26] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.12 Feature Freeze is in effect
[17:04:41] <jaheikki3> 2 Feature freeze exception requests sent so far
[17:04:49] <jaheikki3> non-separable blending modes (https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2026-June/047205.html)
[17:04:56] <jaheikki3> QML Preview Hot Reload (https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2026-June/047210.html)
[17:05:56] <jaheikki3> for me it sounds the first one can wait 6.13 but we should give an exception for QML one; it seems it just missed the integration window
[17:06:00] <jaheikki3> Any opinions?
[17:06:44] <thiago> I don't understand either to be able to give an opinion
[17:06:56] <vohi[M]> Main challenge with the non-separable blending modes is finding a reviewer. Adding more capabilities to QPainter is not high on anyone's list. OTOH, it's also a low risk addition, evidently wanted by the QGIS project, so would be good to have in the LTS branch.
[17:07:15] <vohi[M]> I'd give it a few days to see if anyone can review and evaluate how far away from mergable that is.
[17:07:36] <vohi[M]> the QML preview is thumbs up for me, given that the heavy lifting is done and the remaining patches only touch the tooling around it.
[17:07:44] <vohi[M]> sorry, QML hot reload
[17:08:35] <jaheikki3> Ok, let's give an exception for QML hot reload and check non-separable blending modes one in next weeks meeting again
[17:09:19] <jaheikki3> The plan is to create Qt 6.12 Beta1 packages from the first successful dependency update round in '6.12'.
[17:09:31] <jaheikki3> The round is already ongoing
[17:09:43] <jaheikki3> The target is to release Qt 6.12 beta1 by the end of next week
[17:10:00] <jaheikki3> That's all this time, any comment or questions?
[17:10:44] <thiago> I think our answer is, "someone needs to reply to peppe to volunteer to at a minimum review it'
[17:11:39] <vohi[M]> yep, pinging a few peeps internally, but let's see next week if anyone managed to make time for it
[17:12:27] <jaheikki3> Ok, let's end this meeting now & have new one Tue 9th June at this same time
[17:12:37] <jaheikki3> thanks for your participation,bye!
[17:12:40] <vohi[M]> okidoke, bye


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