[Releasing] [Development] Preparing Qt 5.0.1 release

[Thiago Macieira]

On sexta-feira, 11 de janeiro de 2013 20.18.52, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 03:51:02PM +0000, shane.kearns at accenture.com wrote:
> > > NOTE: No cherry-picks this time !!
> > 
> > What about changes that are integrated to stable already but missed
> > the branch due to unrelated test failures delaying the integration?
> 
> your premise is already wrong.
> if it failed integration and you already knew that and when the branch
> will be created, then you should have abandoned, waited for the branch
> creation, and re-targeted the change. ergo, your fault, and you deal
> with the consequences (your precious change will have to wait for the
> next release).
> if you didn't know the timing of the branching (*), the fact that the
> first integration(s) failed is irrelevant.
> 
> (*) that would be your fault, too, as iikka announced it with sufficient
> headroom. i'd have liked a more precise branching time specification, but
> otoh that just increases the risk of people making a too tight bet.

If you think the fix is important for 5.0.1, cherry-pick yourself and resubmit 
to release.


-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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