Plasma and Frameworks Release issue

[Heiko Becker]

On 12/26/17 17:57, David Edmundson wrote:
> 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.

Actually, it's tagged on the 6th but released on the 13th.

> 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.

Wearing my packager hat, I'd like that better, too.

Cheers,
Heiko