Re: [Development] Focusing bug fixes to 5.9 branch and patch releases during H1/17

2017-02-18 Thread Mat Sutcliffe
On 18 February 2017 at 20:40, Thiago Macieira wrote: > > Hindsight is 20/20. Let's not rehash coulda-woulda-shoulda. > > The question is only what to do now. > Oh, absolutely. I just thought it might help to understand a little more how we got here. __

Re: [Development] Focusing bug fixes to 5.9 branch and patch releases during H1/17

2017-02-18 Thread Thiago Macieira
On sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2017 11:49:28 PST Konstantin Tokarev wrote: > 18.02.2017, 22:13, "Thiago Macieira" : > > On sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2017 06:36:07 PST Mat Sutcliffe wrote: > >> Keeping 5.9.0 on schedule even while 5.8.0 blows past its planned > >> release > >> date would seem to b

Re: [Development] Focusing bug fixes to 5.9 branch and patch releases during H1/17

2017-02-18 Thread Thiago Macieira
On sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2017 12:11:53 PST Mat Sutcliffe wrote: > On 18 February 2017 at 19:13, Thiago Macieira > > wrote: > > On sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2017 06:36:07 PST Mat Sutcliffe wrote: > > > Keeping 5.9.0 on schedule even while 5.8.0 blows past its planned > > > release > > > date

Re: [Development] Focusing bug fixes to 5.9 branch and patch releases during H1/17

2017-02-18 Thread Mat Sutcliffe
On 18 February 2017 at 19:13, Thiago Macieira wrote: > On sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2017 06:36:07 PST Mat Sutcliffe wrote: > > Keeping 5.9.0 on schedule even while 5.8.0 blows past its planned release > > date would seem to be appropriate when you have the capability to > > concurrently maintain

Re: [Development] Focusing bug fixes to 5.9 branch and patch releases during H1/17

2017-02-18 Thread Konstantin Tokarev
18.02.2017, 22:13, "Thiago Macieira" : > On sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2017 06:36:07 PST Mat Sutcliffe wrote: >>  Keeping 5.9.0 on schedule even while 5.8.0 blows past its planned release >>  date would seem to be appropriate when you have the capability to >>  concurrently maintain two minor (no

Re: [Development] Focusing bug fixes to 5.9 branch and patch releases during H1/17

2017-02-18 Thread Thiago Macieira
On sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2017 06:36:07 PST Mat Sutcliffe wrote: > Keeping 5.9.0 on schedule even while 5.8.0 blows past its planned release > date would seem to be appropriate when you have the capability to > concurrently maintain two minor (not patchlevel) release branches. That's exactly w

[Development] Focusing bug fixes to 5.9 branch and patch releases during H1/17

2017-02-18 Thread Mat Sutcliffe
The upcoming process changes are very welcome. Regarding MSVC 2015/2017 ABI, I already opened QTCREATORBUG-17740. At the risk of simply repeating what others have said, it feels unsatisfying that a delay in the release of 5.8.0 should lead to a shortening of the 5.9.0 release schedule, or that in