Plasma and Frameworks Release issue

[Martin Flöser]

Am 2017-12-26 17:57, schrieb David Edmundson:
> We have a frameworks and Plasma release schedule issue again.
> 
> We have new API (Package::fileUrl literally everwhere and I have
> something minor in kwin) that requires frameworks 5.42
> 
> This frameworks release comes out on the 6th of Jan.
> The beta comes out on the 4th.
> 
> We cannot make a release that depends on unreleased code.
> 
> The release schedule does explicitly say "depends on frameworks 5.41"
> and it's my fault for not noticing that when reviewing.
> 
> Last kickoff meeting we agreed that a beta should always be just after
> a frameworks release (see kickoff 5.11 notes) after the last time N
> times this happened, so I'm not sure how we ended up with those dates
> chosen.
> 
> For now options are:
>  - revert that change and  #ifdef use of appmenu protocol in kwin
>  - delay our beta release for a few days (tagging and tarballs can
> still happen on the scheduled day)
> 
> Personally I'd favour option 2.

Personally I'd also favour option 2. I'm hoping for landing the 
xdg_wm_base (xdg shell stable) in time for frameworks release and Plasma 
beta.

Cheers
Martin