[Releasing] Fwd: Online installer: Broken dependencies

[Jani Heikkinen]

Root cause behind the issue was different than on previous release so mitigative actions are also different.

But yes, we will improve our RTA to catch this kind of problems

br,
Jani
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From: Releasing <releasing-bounces+jani.heikkinen=qt.io at qt-project.org> on behalf of Jason H <jhihn at gmx.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 10:03 AM
To: Sze Howe Koh
Cc: Akseli Salovaara; releasing at qt-project.org
Subject: Re: [Releasing] Fwd: Online installer: Broken dependencies

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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