[Releasing] [Development] Qt 5.10 schedule proposal

[Jani Heikkinen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Development [mailto:development-bounces+jani.heikkinen=qt.io at qt-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Thiago Macieira
> Sent: torstaina 13. huhtikuuta 2017 22.48
> To: development at qt-project.org; releasing at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Development] Qt 5.10 schedule proposal
> 
> Interleaving your two emails:
> 
> >     - Branch '5.6.3' from '5.6' at the end of May/beginning of June,
> > 5.6.3 release target August 2017
> > - Qt 5.10 Feature Freeze: 8.8.2017
> > - Qt 5.10 Alpha Release: 31.8.2017
> >     - Branch '5.9.1' from '5.9' at the end of July/beginning of August,
> >     5.9.1 release target September 2017
> > - First Qt 5.10 Beta Release 5.10.2017
> > - Qt 5.10 RC 16.11.2017
> >     - Branch '5.9.2' from '5.9' Nov 2017
> > - Qt 5.10 final release 30.11.2017
> >     - Branch '5.6.4' from '5.6' Jan 2018
> 
> Any chance to pull in 5.6.3 release to the first half of the year? We've already
> got the first 5.9 beta out, so the release should happen hopefully by the end
> of May. We should be able to branch 5.6.3 and release sooner than August.
> That would also help alleviate the work of both a 5.6.3 and 5.10 alpha close
> together.

Unfortunately there isn't. We need to get Qt5.9 out first & then start doing 5.6.3 and 5.10 and so on there isn't enough time to get 5.6.3 out before summer holidays. But we should be able to get one or two 5.6.3 snapshots (or release candidates) out before summer holidays. That way we should be quite close to 5.6.3 when coming back...

> 
> At this time, 5.6.3 has 405 patches in qtbase, versus 530 that went there for
> 5.6.2. I'd rather release with fewer than more, as it decreases the chance of
> being difficult to achieve a release. And the more we wait, the more there
> will be of them. And it would place 5.6.3 more or less half-way between 5.6.2
> (Nov
> 2016) and 5.6.4 (Feb 2018).

I agree. But on the other hand there is that many changes already in and quite long time since we tested this release and that's why we surely need time to test & fix the remaining things before we are ready for the release. 

- Jani