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  1. QtWebKit-2.2 Release
    1. Status and Roadmap
    2. Source Code and Build Instructions
    3. Q&A, Trackers and Build bots
    4. Supported Platforms
    5. Release Criterias
      1. Technology Previews (TPs)
      2. Betas
      3. Release Candidate (RC)
      4. Final Release
      5. Minor Update (maintenance)
    6. See also

QtWebKit-2.2 Release

QtWebKit-2.2 will be a stable release targeted at all Qt supported platforms. It was branched from trunk on 2011-05-05 (r85855) and will be released a bit earlier than Qt-4.8 (where it'll be included).

For a detailed list of features supported by QtWebkit-2.2 and the changes from the previous release, check the ​Internal Release Notes.

Status and Roadmap

Releases are made preferably on Mondays. Week numbers are from the previous week relative to when the release is made.

Source Code and Build Instructions

  • The source code is available in the qtwebkit-2.2 branch in our ​WebKit git mirror @ Gitorious. It works better if you have an account there and ​clone the repository via ssh;
  • Please note you'll clone the whole repository. The master branch is the WebKit trunk mirror. QtWebKit-2.2 is developed in the qtwebkit-2.2 branch;
  • Follow the standard QtWebKit build instructions for your platform;
  • QtWebKit-2.2 is also available inside the Qt-4.8 repository, but it's not always up-to-date there. The branch is the preferred method;
  • A simpler way to test it is to build Qt-4.8 without QtWebKit support (configure -no-webkit) and then build QtWebKit in standalone mode from the branch (Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --qt).

Q&A, Trackers and Build bots

  • Developers perform weekly tests on the branch on multiple platforms;
  • TODO: Q&A team and test procedure;

Buildbots:

TODO: clarify platform details (OS version, compiler, etc)

Supported Platforms

(work-in-progress)

Reference Platform :

  • Linux Desktop

Tier 1 :

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.6 (Cocoa)
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP3 32-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 7 32 bits
  • Symbian (Symbian^3)

Tier 2 :

  • Microsoft Windows Vista 32 bits
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (Cocoa)
  • Meego 1.x

See QtWebKitPlatformSupport for the meaning of Tier 1, 2 and Reference Platform.

Release Criterias

These are the simplified, still work-in-progress release criteria. Q&A criterias and product requirements are not listed here.

Technology Previews (TPs)

A TP release is basically to invite the community to try out new features and provide some initial feedback. It has no major quality guarantees and the decision about when to release it heavily depends on the feeling from the development team.

  • All buildbots should be green;
  • The development team should be relatively confident that basic features work on the reference platform;
  • The code builds and pass through a basic ​smoke test on all Tier 1 platforms;

Betas

A beta release means the software is stabilizing but has known bugs we plan to fix before the release. There may be multiple betas during the development process.

  • We have buildbots running on all Tier 1 platforms and they're green;
  • The Q&A team has tested the code for regressions against the latest stable release using the same testcases (and bugs have been opened if necessary);
  • Q&A Team is actively testing the release on Tier 1 platforms and the weekly ratio between critical bugs fixed and critical bugs reported is bigger than 1;
  • The code builds and pass through a basic ​smoke test on all Tier 2 platforms;

Release Candidate (RC)

A RC release is made when we believe the code is ready to ship.

  • There has been at least one beta release;
  • All buildbots are green;
  • There are no critical bugs blocking the release;
  • Reports from Q&A indicate we're in better shape than the previous official version;
  • We're confident that the software is ready;

Once the first RC is out, no more "nice-to-have" fixes will be accepted and thus the meta bug is closed;

Final Release

The final release is the last RC but with final versioning.

  • One week has passed since the last RC release and no critical bugs have been reported;

Minor Update (maintenance)

  • Minor versions are released to fix security issues and may include critical bug-fixes;

See also

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