[Releasing] Preparing Qt 5.0.2 release

[Linaae Hanne]

On Feb 12, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Anttila Janne wrote:
> Iikka Eklund wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Making of Qt 5.0.2 patch release has started:
>> 
>> - Plan is to move into 'release' branch 18th February.
>>   So there is roughly 6 days left to get your fixes into 'stable' 
>> -  After 18th February any changes that are required to get in for 5.0.2
>>   need to be pushed into 'release' branch. Release team will then
>>   decide if the change will be taken in (P0, P1) 
>> - First 5.0.2 offline installers for testing will become available into:
>>   releases.qt-project.org/digia/5.0.2/
>> - Expected release time for 5.0.2 is in March
>> - New reference installer is planned to be provided as well:
>>   Win8/msvc2012 64bit
>> 
> 
> Even cross-posting is typically bad idea, what do you think should we
> cross-post this kind of info to development list as well?
> 
> I assume that not all Qt developers are following releasing list, 
> and I think that this mail contains useful information for all devs..

+1

I think it at least would be useful for developers to know what the deadline for getting fixes into 5.0.2 is.
It does not necessarily have to be a cross post. Instead it could be an extract of the above.

Hanne