[Releasing] Proposal to adjust release candidate process

[Thiago Macieira]

Em quarta-feira, 21 de dezembro de 2016, às 01:25:11 BRST, Giuseppe D'Angelo 
escreveu:
> (Side note: we haven't managed to make a release happen on time since
> 5.2; actually, we've got pretty significant delays:
> 
> * Qt 5.2.0: +2 days
> * Qt 5.3.0: +21 days
> * Qt 5.4.0: +48 days
> * Qt 5.5.0: +64 days
> * Qt 5.6.0: +99 days
> * Qt 5.7.0: +49 days
> * Qt 5.8.0: +22 days and counting (won't be less than 50 considering the
> RC is not out yet, plus the 2 weeks of holidays))

As you've noticed, we don't have deadlines for the final releases. We only do 
deadlines for the feature freeze. From that point on, it's quality-based and 
should remain so.

The release happens when it's ready.

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  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center