>are you saying that advertising the known issues is bad publicity or
that releasing with open blockers is bad publicity
I wanted to say that advertising the known issues is bad publicity.
Pointing to the bug tracker however is fine for me (it sounded to me as
if the blockers would be listed next to the new features in the
announcement).
Regards,
Marco
On 12.08.2013 16:10, Tim Sutton wrote:
Hi
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Marco Hugentobler
<marco.hugentob...@sourcepole.ch
<mailto:marco.hugentob...@sourcepole.ch>> wrote:
Hi Tim
The proposed schedule sounds good to me.
>The proposal on the table is that any remaining blockers be
clearly listed as known issues in the release announcements.
Hm, don't you think this is bad publicity for the project? After
all, we don't list the other bugs as 'known issues', even though
they are known as well.
Just to clarify Marco, are you saying that advertising the known
issues is bad publicity or that releasing with open blockers is bad
publicity? I think it is enough to point to the bug tracker and say
that there are still open issues for 2.0.
Regards
Tim
Regards,
Marco
On 12.08.2013 01:21, Tim Sutton wrote:
Hi All
If we want to be ready with QGIS 2.0 for FOSS4G2013 we should
ideally be ready to branch for release at the beginning of
September (since most of us will be migrating to the land of deep
fried mars bars for September).
Here is my proposal to achieve that:
* 12 Aug GUI Freeze, String Freeze, call for final translations
* 25 Aug - Point of no return - final decision on whether to
release with blockers
* 1 Sept - Tag QGIS 2.0, call for packaging
* 7 Sept - Public announcement of QGIS 2.0
Please consider the first item in the list in effect now, so the
GUI and strings should not change except for critical bug fixes
(icon tweaks and 'poodle fluffing the GUI' are no longer allowed).
Any remaining Blockers at point of release will be clearly
identified as 'known issues'. On 25 August we (PSC) vote
agreement on whether to go ahead with release or to postpone it.
There would be an automatic revote each week until quorum is
reached (basically giving us 2 postponement dates before FOSS4G).
I really really really want QGIS 2.0 to be ready for FOSS4G and
it would be nice to not be working on it at the QGIS HF in Brighton.
The proposal on the table is that any remaining blockers be
clearly listed as known issues in the release announcements.
Speaking of release announcements, I have set up a very alpha-y
web site for creating a visual changelog and I am looking for
volunteers to add entries to this. If you have some time to write
about the new features coming in QGIS 2.0 please contact me.
If those 'out there' in the community have the ability to fund
the closing of the remaining blocker issues [1] either by
donating money to QGIS or by sponsoring developer time
independently of the QGIS project your contributions will be so
gratefully received.
Finally a reminder that there is still a call out for nominations
for new PSC members [2] so if you know someone suitable for the
post, please go ahead and nominate them!
[1] http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/issues?query_id=23
[2] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/PSC_Nominations_August_2013
Regards
Tim
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