Aha, thanks for clarifying that! I'd be +1 for extending the "release candidate" status to more patch releases. We could reconsider its removal before each patch release of the 4.0. cycle, though, based on the current state at the time.
Stefanos On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 at 09:55, Nyall Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2026, 5:46 pm Stefanos Natsis, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I thought since 3.20 all .0 versions are marked as "release candidate" >> > > Yeah but this would be marking ALL 4.0.x releases as beta, not just 4.0.0 > > Nyall > > >> Stefanos >> >> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 at 09:31, Régis Haubourg <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Well, my IT department updates packages in our software portal whenever >>> they ... want or users ask. >>> >>> Maybe we should explicitly name 4.0 "release candidate" in the package >>> names and our communication if 4.0 is that broken. >>> Regis >>> >>> >>> Le 16 janvier 2026 01:49:16 GMT+01:00, Nyall Dawson via QGIS-PSC < >>> [email protected]> a écrit : >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 19:30, Andreas Neumann <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Hi all, >>>> > >>>> > Regarding testing/bugfixing. >>>> > >>>> > I hope and I assume that companies and organizations wouldn't have >>>> the idea to base their mission critical work on a .0 release ... but rather >>>> wait for the next LT version or a couple of patch releases until QGIS 4.x >>>> can mature further. >>>> >>>> Definitely -- it's not going to be anywhere NEAR enterprise ready 🤣. >>>> (I just ran into the known issue where the qt6 builds can corrupt your user >>>> profiles... someone should probably look into that one sometime!) >>>> >>>> Nyall >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Andreas >>>> > >>>> > On 2026-01-15 08:01, Stefanos Natsis via QGIS-PSC wrote: >>>> > >>>> > I'm also +1, however I'm slightly worried that we should somehow >>>> compensate for the reduced testing/bugfixing time of this feature-rich >>>> release. >>>> > >>>> > Best >>>> > Stefanos >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 08:37, Nyall Dawson via QGIS-Developer < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 16:00, Andreas Neumann <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > > >>>> > > +1 - to have a voice from PSC ;-) >>>> > >>>> > Perfect, thanks Andreas! >>>> > >>>> > Nyall >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> > > Andreas >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 03:50, Nyall Dawson via QGIS-Developer < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >> >>>> > >> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 at 01:23, Martin Dobias <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> > Hi all >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 10:21 PM Nyall Dawson via QGIS-PSC < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>> > >> >> I'm wondering if we could possibly push back the feature freeze >>>> date >>>> > >> >> by 1-1.5 weeks for this cycle? >>>> > >> >> >>>> > >> > >>>> > >> > +1 from me. >>>> > >> >>>> > >> So do we consider this locked in now? Freeze moved to 27th Jan? >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Nyall >>>> > >> _______________________________________________ >>>> > >> QGIS-Developer mailing list >>>> > >> [email protected] >>>> > >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> > >> Unsubscribe: >>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > Andreas Neumann >>>> > > QGIS.ORG board member (treasurer) >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > QGIS-Developer mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > QGIS-PSC mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-psc >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>
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