[Releasing] Qt 5 alpha 20120314: linux g++ x86_64 C++

[lars.knoll at nokia.com]

On 3/18/12 5:46 PM, "ext Girish Ramakrishnan" <girish at forwardbias.in>
wrote:

>Hi Lars,
>
>On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 2:18 AM,  <lars.knoll at nokia.com> wrote:
>> On 3/18/12 3:00 AM, "ext Girish Ramakrishnan" <girish at forwardbias.in>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>So, if alpha is a "state" of code (feature frozen, no api changes etc)
>>>rather than a "release", let's not make source packages. The code is
>>>simply in alpha state and let's make an announcement. Maybe create a
>>>tag to mark the date. (Personally, I like this idea. Let's get all
>>>this sorted out for a real beta release.).
>>
>> I still think there's value in an alpha release if we can get a way to
>> build it. We need to fix build issues anyway and the sooner the better.
>>
>
>I do see value in alpha package. It's going to require a very
>concentrated effort to fix and test all the issues in one day :)
>
>http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5-Alpha-Candidate-Issues now tracks all
>the issues that need to be fixed in the package. (Note that some of
>the stuff there is just personal opinion, feel free to edit :)).
>Ideally, you can point oslo to that list and get those fixed tomorrow.
>
>Can someone go through Thiago's reports and update his feedback on the
>page. I would have that done myself that but I have to run now. (but I
>can do it tomorrow).

Yes, we'll do a concentrated effort to get things sorted over the next
couple of days. That also means that releasing on Tuesday is not
realistic, and it'll take a few more days.

Cheers,
Lars