On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 8:15 AM Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So..... 3.18.0 is unfortunately proving to be a bit of a dud, with numerous 
> critical issues including:
>
> - georeferencer is broken: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/41770 (fixed 
> now)
> - a crash in the layer properties for point cloud layers: 
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/41722 (fixed now)
> - Can't access rasters in geopackage through browser: 
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/41860 (fixed now)
> - Crash when exporting DXF files: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/41858 
> -- unfixed
> - A crash when opening the properties of a raster layer: 
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/41834 (possibly a plugin issue, but more 
> feedback is needed as it may be a widespread non-plugin issue (this code was 
> changed just prior to release))
>
> I think the severity of the georefencer and DXF crashes alone should warrant 
> a speedy .1 release, given that they completely break some core GIS 
> functionality.
>
> (I think we should also consider raising a user-friendly warning message when 
> a user tries to add a las or laz file and they don't have a pdal enabled 
> build, as we are seeing lots of confusion about this situation too).
>
> What's everyone's thoughts? Should we cut an unscheduled 3.18.1 release 
> sometime next week after the DXF and raster properties crashes are fixed?
>
> Nyall

+1, not sure if a week is enough though, the CI blackout has been
hiding a few issues that must be taken care of before we ship another
broken release.


-- 
Alessandro Pasotti
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