7.1.0 Release and students branches merge...

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi all,

Git master code is now the 7.2.0 development branch.

I just merged back the Kartik development branch to master.

Best

Gilles

Le jeu. 3 sept. 2020 à 06:45, Gilles Caulier
<caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hi all,
>
> digiKam from git master is now tagged with v7.1.0.
>
> 7.1.0 release files will be generated soon and published on official
> download area
>
> Best
>
> Gilles
>
> Le jeu. 3 sept. 2020 à 04:34, Gilles Caulier
> <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > After one week of work, I finally restored the MacOS build workflow by
> > reversing the XCode version. Apple has simply forwarded a beta  update
> > to the users in AppStore and of course i updated without a double
> > check. AppStore must propose a stable version, not beta version !
> >
> > Now all compile and run fine. I tag 7.1.0 on git and prepare final
> > files for the release targeted to Sunday.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Gilles
> >
> > Le mar. 1 sept. 2020 à 09:34, Gilles Caulier
> > <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm facing a problem, step by step with the Macports packages. I
> > > updated Xcode to last stable, and now plenty of packages are broken at
> > > compile time. I report these problems one by one to Macports bugzilla.
> > > It advances but slowly. So It's possible that I will delay until next
> > > week end the release.
> > >
> > > The problem with Macports is that we cannot go back to a previous
> > > version of a package, and when a package compilation is broken, it's
> > > generally a good idea to recompile all from scratch, to be sure, due
> > > to side effects.
> > >
> > > To conclude, before to release a major version of digiKam:
> > >
> > > NEVER update Apple compiler.
> > > NEVER recompile whole Macports.
> > > NEVER update MacOS even if there are security issues.
> > > etc...
> > >
> > > It's always a waste of time...
> > >
> > > Best
> > >
> > > Gilles
> > >
> > > Le lun. 31 août 2020 à 10:04, Gilles Caulier
> > > <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > This morning, i think the MacOS build will be fixed, after 3 days of
> > > > intensive search. In fact the XCode compiler was badly updating a
> > > > signature on the computer and Macports was unable to detect the right
> > > > compiler version and fail to compile a few packages.
> > > >
> > > > I will tag 7.1.0 now and start to merge students' branches to master
> > > > as planed : Kartik in first and Nghia in second.
> > > >
> > > > 7.2.0 developpement will be ready to start soon. I will release 7.1.0
> > > > tarball and bundles using the git tag as well. I need to check if all
> > > > compile fine from the Application first.When all is ready i will send
> > > > another mail here...
> > > >
> > > > Best
> > > >
> > > > Gilles
> > > >
> > > > Le mar. 25 août 2020 à 06:11, Thanh Trung Dinh
> > > > <dinhthanhtrung1996 at gmail.com> a écrit :
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Gilles,
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, I think this is the most stable way. Since Nghia has also worked on some interfaces between facesmanagement and facesengines, merging his branch at last is more appropriate.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 10:13 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Hi all,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> We are near 7.1.0. This one will be a maintenance release with
> > > > >> improvements and a huge bugs triaging.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I plan to release 7.1.0 this weekend if AppImage build is restored.
> > > > >> Currently all is broken with a Qt 5.15 migration which does not work.
> > > > >> I revert all to Qt 5.14.2.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> When 7.1.0 will be tagged, it will be time to merge student branches to master.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I propose to merge back Kartik branch, synchronise Nghia branch with
> > > > >> master, fix build, and merge back Nghia branch to master.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> This plan is fine for you ?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Best regards
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Gilles