[Releasing] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 15.06.2021

[Jani Heikkinen]

Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting Tue 15th June 2021

Qt 6.2 status:
- Branching from 'dev' to '6.2' done
- Alpha preparations ongoing
   * target is to release alpha immediately after new dependency update round succeed in '6.2'. Hoping that can still happen during this week.
- API review starting, target is to complete it by the end of June
- Beta1 will be released at the beginning of july
   * Current target tue 6th

Qt 6.1 status:
- Qt 6.1.2 preparations to be started, target is to release Qt 6.1.2 30th June
   * Branching from '6.1' to '6.1.2' will happen Fri 18th June
   * Release content will be frozen Wed 23rd June

Next meeting tue 3rd August 2021 16:00 CET  in libera.chat #qt-releases

br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager

irc log below:
[17:01:14] <jaheikki3>  akseli: iieklund: thiago: lars: frkleint: vladimir-m: ankokko: mapaaso:carewolf: ablasche: ping
[17:01:42] <carewolf> pong
[17:02:23] <thiago> jaheikki3: pong
[17:03:44] <jaheikki3> Time to start qt release team meeting
[17:03:54] <jaheikki3> on agenda today:
[17:03:57] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.2 status
[17:04:00] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.1 status
[17:04:07] <jaheikki3> Any additional item to the agenda?
[17:05:21] <jaheikki3> Let's start from Qt 6.2 status
[17:05:38] <jaheikki3> Branching from dev to 6.2 done
[17:05:53] <jaheikki3> New snapshot from 6.2 published
[17:06:03] <jaheikki3> Alpha preparations are ongoing
[17:06:29] <jaheikki3> target is to release alpha immediately after new dependency update round succeed in '6.2'
[17:06:37] <lars> pong
[17:06:47] <jaheikki3> Hoping we can get the alpha out still during this week
[17:07:05] <jaheikki3> API review should start soon
[17:07:20] <jaheikki3> I haven't seen the call yet but I know David is on it
[17:07:43] <jaheikki3> Target is to get the reviews done during june, before summer break
[17:08:07] <jaheikki3> Target is to release Qt 6.2 beta1 at the beginning of july
[17:08:25] <jaheikki3> Target date is 6th July
[17:08:40] <jaheikki3> That's all about 6.2 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:09:16] <carewolf> it seems the automatic update of dependency has stalled, will it restart soon?
[17:09:34] <jaheikki3> carewolf: yes, we are on it
[17:09:38] <carewolf> ok
[17:10:01] <jaheikki3> actually automation were on but there were issues preventing updates in some modules
[17:10:17] <jaheikki3> Hoping those are solved now / soon and we can get the round succeed
[17:11:12] <jaheikki3> Ok, then Qt 6.1 status
[17:11:32] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.1.2 preparations to be started 
[17:11:58] <jaheikki3> Target is to branch 6.1.2 from 6.1 this friday
[17:12:25] <jaheikki3> ANd freeze release content wed 23th June
[17:12:35] <jaheikki3> Target is to release QT 6.1.2 30th June
[17:12:50] <jaheikki3> That's all about 6.1 status at this time
[17:12:56] <jaheikki3> Any comments or questions?
[17:14:36] <carewolf> no
[17:14:56] <jaheikki3> Ok, then it was all at this time
[17:15:51] <jaheikki3> I'll start my summer vacations after this week so let's have next meeting beginning of august (3rd August) at this same time
[17:16:28] <jaheikki3> Jukka Jokiniva will take care of 6.1.2 and 6.2.0 beta1 releases during my vacation
[17:17:14] <jaheikki3> Thanks for your participation. Have a nice summer, bye!
[17:17:24] <thiago> bye, take care!
[17:17:36] <lars> jaheikki3: enjoy your vacations!
[17:17:38] <carewolf> take care