[Releasing] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 15.0Q2.2022

[Jani Heikkinen]

Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting Tue 15th February 2022

Qt 6.2 status:
- Qt 6.2.4 release preparations to be started
   * Target is to release Qt 6.2.4 at week 9
   --> Branching from '6.2' to '6.2.4' will start Monday 21st February

Qt 6.3 status:
- Qt 6.3 Beta1 released
- Qt 6.3 Beta2 content frozen and packages created.
   * Testing is mostly done already and we will publish Qt 6.3 beta Wed 16th February
- Qt 6.3 API review is mostly done 
   * see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-99883
- Qt 6.3 String freeze will be in effect Wed 23th February
   --> Soft string freeze Wed 16th February

Qt 6.4 Initial schedule:
- Platform and module freeze: 20th May 2022
- Qt 6.4 Feature freeze: 3rd June 2022
- Qt 6.4 Beta 1 release: 14th June 2022
- Qt 6.4.0 final release: 29th September 2022
- No official Alpha release; alpha phase ends to the branching from 'dev' to '6.4'

Next meeting Tue 22nd February 2022 16:00 CET

br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager

irc log below:
[17:00:26] <jaheikki3> akseli: ablasche: carewolf: lars_: mapaaso: thiago: vladimir-minenko: ping
[17:01:08] <thiago> jaheikki3: pong
[17:01:30] <jaheikki3> time to start qt release team meeting
[17:01:39] <jaheikki3> On agenda today:
[17:01:45] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.2 status
[17:01:49] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.3 status
[17:01:56] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.4 initial schedule
[17:02:07] <jaheikki3> Any additional item to the agenda?
[17:03:56] <jaheikki3> let's start from Qt 6.2 status:
[17:04:17] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.2.4 release preparations to be started
[17:05:09] <jaheikki3> Target is to release Qt 6.2.4 during at the end of February / beginning of March ( during week 9)
[17:05:24] <thiago> sounds good
[17:05:46] <jaheikki3> Branching from '6.2' to '6.2.4' will start Monday 21st February
[17:06:06] <jaheikki3> That's all about 6.2 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:07:30] <jaheikki3> Then Qt 6.3 status:
[17:07:42] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.3 Beta1 released
[17:07:54] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.3 Beta2 content frozen and packages created.
[17:08:47] <jaheikki3> Testing is mostly done already and we will publish Qt 6.3 beta tomorrow
[17:09:21] <jaheikki3> API review is mostly done and only few reviews still open, see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-99883
[17:09:51] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.3 String freeze will be in effect wed 23th February, soft string freeze will be announced tomorrow
[17:10:09] <jaheikki3> Than's all about 6.3 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:10:33] <thiago> not from me
[17:11:15] <jaheikki3> Ok, then Qt 6.4 initial schedule:
[17:12:05] <jaheikki3> Proposal sent to development ML Thu 3rd February (https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2022-February/042186.html), no objections
[17:12:18] <jaheikki3> So Qt 6.4 initial schedule is:
[17:12:32] <jaheikki3> Platform and module freeze: 20th May 2022
[17:12:46] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.3 Feature freeze: 3rd June 2022
[17:13:09] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.4 Beta 1 release: 14th June 2022
[17:13:23] <jaheikki3> And Qt 6.4.0 final: 29th September 2022
[17:14:47] <jaheikki3> And like proposed there won't we official alpha release for Qt 6.4; Alpha phase ends to the branching from 'dev' to '6.4'
[17:14:53] <jaheikki3> ANy comments or questions?
[17:15:06] <thiago> no changes in dates since last time?
[17:15:30] <jaheikki3> No any changes to proposed schedule
[17:17:20] <jaheikki3> Ok, it was all at this time. Let's end this meeting now & have next meeting tue 22nd February at this same time
[17:17:31] <jaheikki3> Thanks for your participation, bye!
[17:17:32] <thiago> thanks