[Releasing] [Development] HEADS UP: Qt 5.7 branching ongoing

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

the downmerge is now done (*). that means that 5.7 is now finally
properly feature-frozen, and dev is undisputably open for new features.

that means that if you integrate something on dev now, it won't be in
5.7 - cherry-picks require special negotiation (with ME!) and earn you
some Very Stern Words. as usual.
you may still make retargeting requests for pending changes. as usual.

(*) qtbase's and qtwebengine's merges are currently integrating. that
means that dev is already open, but the content is not in 5.7 yet.

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 05:58:13PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> with some rather significant delay, the 5.7 branch is now available.
> please start using it for new changes intented for the Qt 5.7 release. 
> 
> we will downmerge dev to 5.7 the last time in a few days - i don't know
> any particular date, but it may be *quite* soon, as we're running late.
> it's recommended that you send retargeting requests for pending changes
> on dev meant for 5.7 to me immediately. if the changes still integrate
> on dev before monday, that's fine.