Thanks Alex, wise call. At this late point in the delivery schedule, I agree that it is safest to ship with QGIS 2.1
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]>wrote: > On 02/22/2014 08:46 AM, Pirmin Kalberer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As you might know, QGIS 2.2 release packages are built this weekend. I'm > > expecting an upload to Launchpad today. So it would be theoretically > possible > > to upgrade QGIS on OSGeoLive. The technical risk is rather low, because > the > > plugin API is compatible with 2.0. But it would need a verson update on > all > > documents. With the new release plan [1], we will have this clinch more > often. > > I don't think it's absolutely necessary to update (see changelog [2]), > but it > > would also be nice to have the latest version for FOSSGIS Berlin. > > > > Regards > > Pirmin > > > > [1] > http://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/index.html#road-map > > [2] http://changelog.linfiniti.com/qgis/version/21/ > > > > We really should stick to our feature freeze policy, it's a good > practice to keep things stable and fair to all the projects. I agree the > risk is low, but there's still plenty of moving parts to cause headaches > in our build process and then a lack of time to adequately test that > it's working right. When 2.0 came out there were some packaging quirks > for several weeks. > > Based on that release schedule 2.4, if on time will make OSGeoLive 8 for > Foss4g. I only see there being a conflict occasionally with the new > schedule. > > Thanks, > Alex > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://live.osgeo.org > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > -- -- Cameron Shorter, Software and Data Solutions Manager LISAsoft Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099
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