[Releasing] Fwd: Online installer: Broken dependencies

[Jason H]

This is the 2nd release in a row where this type of error has happened. What is being done/will be done to prevent this in the future?

> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2018 at 1:44 AM
> From: "Sze Howe Koh" <szehowe.koh at gmail.com>
> To: akseli.salovaara at qt.io
> Cc: releasing at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Releasing] Fwd: Online installer: Broken dependencies
>
> The installer is working fine now. Thank you!
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Sze-Howe
> 
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 18:55, Akseli Salovaara <akseli.salovaara at qt.io> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for reporting the issue. It is now fixed.
> > Could you please confirm and report back if further issues are found?
> >
> > Br,
> > Akseli
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Releasing <releasing-bounces+akseli.salovaara=qt.io at qt-project.org> On Behalf Of Sze Howe Koh
> > Sent: lauantai 8. syyskuuta 2018 10.16
> > To: releasing at qt-project.org
> > Subject: [Releasing] Fwd: Online installer: Broken dependencies
> >
> > Please look into this urgently. The broken dependency tree on Windows has rendered the online installer completely unusable.
> >
> > The current workarounds promoted on the forum are:
> > * Download an older version of the installer (https://forum.qt.io/topic/94403/qt-installation-aborts-because-of-missing-dependencies/),
> > or
> > * Use the offline installer
> > (https://forum.qt.io/topic/94409/qt-installation-failed-with-unresolved-dependencies)
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sze-Howe
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Sze Howe Koh <szehowe.koh at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 at 22:39
> > Subject: Online installer: Broken dependencies
> > To: Qt development mailing list <development at qt-project.org>
> >
> >
> > New users cannot install at all and old users can't add new components because a preview package depends on the not-yet-released Qt 5.11.2:
> >
> > Cannot find missing dependency "qt.qt5.5112.win64_msvc2015_64" for "preview.qt.tools.qt3dstudioruntime.win64_msvc2015_64"
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sze-Howe
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