[Qt-creator] Dev: Qt Creator 4.8 feature freeze is approaching

[Eike Ziller]

> On 19. Sep 2018, at 20:51, André Pönitz <apoenitz at t-online.de> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 05:48:12PM +0200, Jason H wrote:
>> I went to look online for what will be in Qt Creator 4.8, and didn't
>> find anything.
> 
> The ChangeLog is being worked on, the current state is at
> http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/tree/dist/changes-4.8.0.md
> and it will be released when the release is ready.

I’ve updated that now to the current state.
http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/tree/dist/changes-4.8.0.md?h=4.8
If anyone misses some entries there, of items that have been done in 4.8, comments and patches are welcome (put me & Leena on as reviewers at least).

Br, Eike

> 
>> Well I did, but I saw a lot of old Qt 4.8 proper stuff.
>> I'm wondering if versioning QtCreator to be the same as the Qt version
>> it is built with is becoming a good idea?
> 
> This will create as least as many broken expectations as it will fix.
> 
> 1. There is no "the Qt version it is build with", but Qt Creator can
> typically be build with Qt back to the previous Qt LTS plus possible a
> bit more. There are also good reasons for that, for one, one of my
> favourits is that it eases development when one can use 'git bisect' on
> different repos without rebuilding every part involved on each step.
> 
> 2. Qt Creator release every four months, Qt every six.  Again, there are
> reasons for either, but given these cycles syncing numbers will create
> surprises.
> 
> 3. Qt gives certain compatibility guarantees between minor versions that
> do not and should not exist for Qt Creator. Syncing version numbers will
> raise expectations that will be broken, or increase the pressure to
> submit to the same rules which would basically completely stall Qt
> Creator development as it has not been created with binary compatibility
> in mind.
> 
>> Qt 4.8 is still going strong in some communities.
> 
> It does indeed.
> 
>> This does complicate versioning a little, as a release of Creator
>> might come before (or after) a release of Qt. But they do seem to
>> coincide quite often.
> 
> The end-of-year releases tend to coincide, i.e. every second Qt and
> every third Qt Creator release.
> 
>> ANd since Qt is built with the latest Qt, isn't it a 5.x anyway? 
> 
> Qt is build with the latest Qt and that is a 5.x. ;}
> 
>> Just a thought.
> 
> I personally think having thoughts is fine.
> 
>> Anyway, what's on the way for 4.8?  My own desires are:
>> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20941 - Device status
>> indicator (please?) Nice to have:
>> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-21022 - Standardize Qt
>> Kit Names (for Qt Creator?) (got a lot of interest on 'interest' ml)
>> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20445 - Process status
>> icons on output panes
> 
> None of them seem to have been worked on.
> 
> I might still have a shot at QTCREATORBUG-21022, but I do not promise
> anything for 4.8.
> 
>> And for the love of whatever your favorite deity is, please stop
>> injecting two " when there is a non-whitespace character to the right
>> of where the quote will be. 'this|d' should not ever become 'this""d'!
>> It is not helpful. Then when you backspace to get rid of ONE of the
>> two, it gets rid of BOTH so you're back where you started. No other
>> editor in existence behaves this way. I've lived with this for a
>> decade now and it still trips me up!
>> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20045
> 
> Haven't hit that one lately, but then I tend to switch off everything
> with "smart", "intelligent" and "automatic" in its description ;p
> 
> Andre'

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