[Releasing] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 25.2.2020

[Jani Heikkinen]

Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting Tue 25th February 2020

Qt 5.15 status:
- API review is ongoing, see QTBUG-81853 & QTBUG-82253
- No known beta1 blockers left -> latest qt5.git should be OK for Qt 5.15 Beta1
- Target is to release Qt 5.15 beta1 later this week
   * And as usual new betas ~1-2 weeks as long as we are ready for RC

Qt 5.14.2:
- It is time to start Qt 5.14.2 preparations
   * First snapshot will be published Wed 26th Feb
   * Soft branching from '5.14' to '5.14.2' will start this Friday (28th February)
   * Final downmerge from from '5.14' to '5.14.2' will happen Monday 9th March
   * Target is to get release out Tue 17th March

Next meeting Tue 10th March 2020 16:00 CET

br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager

irc log below:
[17:00:13] <jaheikki3> akseli: iieklund: thiago: lars: frkleint: vladimir-m: ankokko: mapaaso:carewolf: fregl: ablasche: ping
[17:00:25] <lars> pong
[17:01:06] <carewolf> pong
[17:02:07] <jaheikki3> Time to start qt release team meeting
[17:02:17] <jaheikki3> On agenda today:
[17:02:22] <jaheikki3> Qt 5.15 status
[17:02:34] <jaheikki3> Qt 5.14.2 plan
[17:02:42] <jaheikki3> Any additional item to the agenda?
[17:04:58] <jaheikki3> Let's start from Qt 5.15 status
[17:05:13] <jaheikki3> API review is ongoing, see QTBUG-81853 & QTBUG-82253
[17:05:32] <jaheikki3> No known beta1 blockers left -> latest qt5.git should be OK for Qt 5.15 Beta1
[17:05:48] <jaheikki3> Target is to release Qt 5.15 beta1 later this week
[17:06:08] <jaheikki3> * And as usual new betas ~1-2 weeks as long as we are ready for RC
[17:06:34] <jaheikki3> That's all about 5.15 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:07:17] <thiago_> not from me
[17:07:47] <jaheikki3> ok, then Qt 5.14.2 plan:
[17:07:49] <lars> sounds good
[17:08:09] <jaheikki3> I think it is time to start Qt 5.14.2 preparations
[17:08:31] <jaheikki3> First snapshot will be published tomorrow
[17:09:00] <jaheikki3> Soft branching from '5.14' to '5.14.2' will start this Friday
[17:09:24] <jaheikki3> And final downmerge from from '5.14' to '5.14.2'  Monday 9th March
[17:10:12] <jaheikki3> And let's target to release Qt 5.14.2 t Tue 17th March
[17:10:26] <jaheikki3> Any comments or questions?
[17:11:31] <lars> nope. Just a note. I have at least https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/290611 pending for 5.14
[17:12:01] <lars> so far no luck getting it through CI
[17:12:49] <jaheikki3> Thanks, hoping it will pass the CI soon...
[17:12:50] <lars> the qdeadlinetimer autotest is extremely flaky on QEMU and is blocking lots of integrations, also on the other branches
[17:13:16] <jaheikki3> Yeah
[17:14:24] <lars> thiago_: ^^^ any idea?
[17:16:21] <jaheikki3> I think it was all at this time. Next week is my winter vacation so let's skip next weeks meeting & have new one Tue 10th March at this same time
[17:16:38] <thiago_> volker sent a possible fix
[17:16:45] <thiago_> I approved it last night
[17:17:42] <lars> thiago_: ahh, nice :)
[17:18:17] <jaheikki3> Let's end this meeting now. Thanks for your participation, bye!