[Releasing] Late serial port change into 5.1.0

[Koehne Kai]

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> From: releasing-bounces+kai.koehne=digia.com at qt-project.org
> [mailto:releasing-bounces+kai.koehne=digia.com at qt-project.org] On Behalf
> Of Laszlo Papp
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 4:10 PM
> To: Turunen Tuukka
> Cc: Heikkinen Jani; releasing at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Releasing] Late serial port change into 5.1.0
> 
> What flexibility exactly do you mean?
> 
> * BC break?

To cite qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-Version-Compatibility (the closest I could find):

'Qt Add On modules specify their compatibility promise separately.'

So it's up to you whether you prefer breaking the ABI in e.g. 5.2.0, or stick to it. Both are fine as long as you properly communicate it.

Regards

Kai

> 
> * Workaround based on the assumption it is not a commonly used module?
> 
> * Something else?
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Turunen Tuukka
> <Tuukka.Turunen at digia.com> wrote:
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> 
> 	Stopping 5.1 release now means quite big delay, and also likely delay
> to upcoming releases.
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> 
> 
> 	Serial port is an add-on and thus we should have quite good flexibility
> to change things in it.
> 
> 
> 
> 	Yours,
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> 	From: releasing-bounces+tuukka.turunen=digia.com at qt-project.org
> [mailto:releasing-bounces+tuukka.turunen <mailto:releasing-
> bounces%2Btuukka.turunen> =digia.com at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of Laszlo
> Papp
> 	Sent: 2. heinäkuuta 2013 16:41
> 	To: Heikkinen Jani
> 	Cc: releasing at qt-project.org
> 	Subject: Re: [Releasing] Late serial port change into 5.1.0
> 
> 
> 
> 	I have not had access rights until now to change the priority. It is not
> possible anymore?
> 
> 	What would be the nice fix in Qt 5.1.1?
> 
> 
> 
> 	On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Heikkinen Jani
> <Jani.Heikkinen at digia.com> wrote:
> 
> 	Unfortunately this is too late for getting in Qt5.1.0, sorry. Packages are
> already done and this issue isn't even P0 so it won't block the release. But why
> not fix this in qt5.1.1?
> 
> 
> 
> 	Br,
> 
> 	Jani
> 
> 
> 
> 	From: releasing-bounces+jani.heikkinen=digia.com at qt-project.org
> [mailto:releasing-bounces+jani.heikkinen <mailto:releasing-
> bounces%2Bjani.heikkinen> =digia.com at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of Laszlo
> Papp
> 	Sent: 2. heinäkuuta 2013 16:31
> 	To: releasing at qt-project.org
> 	Subject: [Releasing] Late serial port change into 5.1.0
> 
> 
> 
> 	Hi,
> 
> 	Would it be possible to include a change later today based on this
> one?
> 
> 	https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,59817
> 
> 	It is either now, or Qt6, as far as I can tell, but if you have ideas how it
> can be solved nicely later, that is also fine.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 	Laszlo
> 
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