Nibedit Dey (14 January 2021 22:18) wrote: >>> We will wait for the Qt maintainers to take a call on this topic and >>> let us know the decision.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 3:17 PM Edward Welbourne <edward.welbou...@qt.io> wrote: >> Well, this mailing list *is* where and how the Qt maintainers make such >> decisions, so let's have a concrete proposal (not new, just spelled out >> here for the sake of concreteness): >> >> * Rename the old qt.git to qt4.git >> * Change anything that previously referenced qt.git to point to qt4.git >> * Rename qt5.git to qt.git >> * Retain a qt5.git symlink to qt.git on our public servers, so that >> those with checkouts using any of them as a remote (notably everyone's >> gerrit remote set up by init-repository) don't suffer disruption >> * Change all instructions for how to work on Qt development to talk >> about the qt.git repo >> >> The 5.* branches in qt.git will then obviously be the Qt 5 branches; the >> 6.* branches will equally obviously be the Qt 6 branches. That dev is a >> future Qt 6 version shall be a reasonable guess, although eventually dev >> shall be the branch for Qt 7 development after we've released the last >> Qt 6 minor; but that won't make much difference to a contributor, in any >> case. Once 7.* branches show up it'll be natural to suppose dev relates >> to them, in the same way. >> >> Then we have a simple qt.git as the super-repo for Qt, in all versions >> after Qt 4, alongside the repositories for all the sub-modules that get >> checked out under it, at least by the release team, notwithstanding that >> some developers may be doing other things that better suit their own >> workflows. >> >> At some point in the distant future, we'll be able to delete the qt5.git >> symlink, but we have no reason to to rush. >> >> If we are feeling really paranoid, we can split the first two steps up >> into >> >> * Move qt.git to qt4.git, put in place a qt.git symlink pointing to it, >> * Change all public mentions of qt.git to qt4.git >> * Wait a month, remove symlink, wait a month Robert Löhning (15 January 2021 21:00) > I guess a week on each side will be sufficient, but please reserve some > time. OK, QTQAINFRA-4200 filed. Eddy. _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development