[Releasing] [Development] New installers available

[Stephen Kelly]

On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 14:50:29 you wrote:
> On 18.6.2013 17.44, "Stephen Kelly" <stephen.kelly at kdab.com> wrote:
> >However, qt5.git has contained a submodule update with this patch since
> >yesterday afternoon. The only remaining task is to roll updated packages,
> >which seems far less problematic/flaky than CI.
> 
> There are actually quite many steps to take also for the packaging,
> getting all needed packages to build, check that they are ok, update
> online repositories etc etc after the submodule update has been completed.
> Most of these are automated, but there is also significant amount of
> manual work involved.
> 
> The fact that we cover a very large number of different platforms and
> configurations as well as alternate ways of distribution brings a lot of
> value for the users, but it also adds a lot to the effort needed to deploy
> a successful release.
> 

I appreciate that. Thanks for the information.

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