Yes yes yes. +1
but also +999 :) Roberto 2014-11-10 2:27 GMT+01:00 Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.a...@gmail.com>: > Guys, > > The recent thread Nyall kick-started with his “QGIS 3.0?” email got me to > think about the eternal stability vs. development dilemma it (re-)exposed > through the conversation. > > More specifically, it got me to brainstorm on the best way forward for > QGIS at this juncture and whether there's a way to accommodate both the > folks calling for a 2.8 LTS version, and others in need for space to > further develop and expand QGIS' capability. > > And, I might just have found a way to do so. Here's the proposal, in a > couple of points: > > - We make the 2.8 development cycle “fix and refinement”-only, and reduce > the cycle's length to 6 to 8 weeks; > - The reduced cycle will help everyone's focus on the above goal; > - We append the freed 8-10 weeks to the subsequent development cycle, > which would become QGIS 3.0; > - The expanded cycle will help give space to develop some of the exciting > features being cooked by developers (Nyall's Layouts, Marco's Geometry > redesign, etc.) and bulletproof those. > > This, IMHO, caters to both groups demanding stability and space for > development. It doesn't discourage or delay too much the grand scheme > changes, and pushes out a 2.8 version focused on stability through a > shorter cycle focusing on delivering a perfected tool. > > The above proposal does require a momentary lapse of the nice 4-month > release cycle rhythm which the QGIS has successfully maintained for three > releases now. But, it might actually be what's needed at this very time. > Plus, the length of the two cycles stays the same, 8 months. > > Comments? I'm obviously particularly interested in what Jürgen has to say > :) > > Cheers > > Math > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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