[Releasing] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 02.11.2021

[Jani Heikkinen]

Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting Tue 2nd November 2021

Qt 6.2 status:
- Qt 6.2.1 released
- Qt 6.2.2 release preparations started
   * Version number bump from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2 ongoing
   * Target is to create first snapshot immediately after version number bump is done
   * Target is to release Qt 6.2.2 at the end of November
   * Branching from 6.2 to 6.2.2 will be done Tue 16th November

Qt 5.12.12 status:
- Release preparations started
   * First snapshot created and RTA tested
   * Target is to start branching from 5.12 to 5.12.12 Fri 12th November
   * Target is to release Qt 5.12.12 Thu 25th November

Qt 6.3 status:
- Feature freeze will be in effect Fri 10th December 2021
- Target is to create first snapshot from dev immediately after new dependency update round succeed in 'dev'

Next meeting Tue 16th November 2021 16:00 CET

Br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release manager

irc log below:
[17:00:35] <jaheikki3> ablasche: akseli:carewolf:lars__:mapaaso:vladimir-minenko:thiago:fkrleint:ankokko: Ping 
[17:00:50] <frkleint> jaheikki3: pong
[17:00:59] <akseli> jaheikki3: pong
[17:01:11] <carewolf> pong
[17:02:10] <jaheikki3> Time to start qt release team meeting
[17:02:17] <jaheikki3> On agenda today:
[17:02:22] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.2 status
[17:02:38] <jaheikki3> Qt 5.12.12 status
[17:02:48] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.3 status
[17:02:55] <jaheikki3> Any additonal item to the agenda?
[17:05:23] <jaheikki3> Let's start from Qt 6.2 status
[17:05:32] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.2.1 released
[17:05:40] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.2.2 release preparations started
[17:05:51] <jaheikki3> Version number bump from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2 ongoing
[17:06:03] <jaheikki3> Target is to create first snapshot immediately after version number bump is done
[17:06:24] <jaheikki3> Target is to release Qt 6.2.2 at the end of November
[17:06:40] <carewolf> when will you branch 2.2
[17:06:59] <jaheikki3> So we need to start branching from 6.2 to 6.2.2 tue 16th November
[17:07:35] <jaheikki3> That's all about Qt 6.2 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:09:30] <jaheikki3> Ok, then Qt 5.12.12 status
[17:09:42] <jaheikki3> Release preparations started
[17:09:49] <jaheikki3> First snapshot created and RTA tested
[17:10:12] <jaheikki3> Target is to start branching from 5.12 to 5.12.12 Fri 12th November
[17:10:29] <jaheikki3> and release Qt 5.12.12 Thu 25th November
[17:10:48] <jaheikki3> That's pretty much all about Qt 5.12.12 at this time. Any comments?
[17:12:31] <jaheikki3> Ok, then quick Qt 6.3 status update
[17:13:02] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.3fFeature freeze will be in effect Fri 10th December 2021
[17:13:38] <jaheikki3> So only a bit more than a month left for implementing new features for Qt 6.3
[17:14:11] <jaheikki3> Snapshot preparations started & first one should be available quite soon
[17:14:38] <jaheikki3> Target is to create first snapshot from dev immediately after new dependency round succeed in 'dev'; packaging confgurations are already in place
[17:15:17] <jaheikki3> Module set will be the same than in Qt 6.2; At the moment I don't know any new modules for Qt 6.3
[17:15:55] <jaheikki3> That's all about 6.3 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:18:12] <jaheikki3> Ok, let's end this meeting now & have new meeting tue 16th November at this same time. I can't join tue 9th
[17:18:25] <jaheikki3> Thanks for your participation, bye!