[Buildroot] 2017.08-rc1 approaching

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 15:19:36 -0700 (PDT), nimaim at gmail.com wrote:

> Just a request but I think it's important to finally get Qt 5.9.1 into this
> release, as it is probably the most popular cross-platform GUI framework
> today. It is the new LTS version and fixes a lot of the issues from older
> versions, even adding more embedded controls (Quick Controls 2). I am hoping
> someone can fix  this
> <http://buildroot-busybox.2317881.n4.nabble.com/Qt-5-9-1-QML-arm-crash-QTBUG-61522-td172524.html>  
> problem and push it up, and that you guys can commit it before releasing
> this RC. Unfortunately, I lack the knowledge and time to fix all the bugs
> currently present building this version but would be grateful if someone can
> look into it so we don't have to wait another 3 months to get a stable
> release with it in there. Thanks!

Well, Qt 5.9.1 is in Buildroot since 2 weeks already, and the fix for
the QML crash has been merged yesterday. So both of them will be in
2017.08-rc1, and the final 2017.08.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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