2011/6/4 Agustin Lobo <alobolis...@gmail.com>: > I'd like to bring up to the users list the thread on the release of > 1.7 that was raised by Paolo in the developers list: > http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/release-of-1-7-td6421690.html > > I take the liberty of including here the two most relevant messages > (in my opinion): > > Paolo Cavallini: > "Hi all. > Am I the only one to feel uncomfortable releasing 1.7 with 60 bugs > classified as blocking? > https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/report/16 > IMVHO we should examine them, and either reclassify them or solve them > before release. My feeling is that 1.7 at this stage has significantly more > issues than most previous versions, and could be disappointing for many of > our users. > I hope to be wrong, of course. > All the best. > " > Nathan Woodrow: > "I think releasing as a beta would be a good idea, that way we get 1.7 > release out but users know it's not fully done. This way it also > gives us more time to do bug fixing." > > In my opinion, I think a beta release is a good compromise. A "final" > release plenty of bugs would be the worst service that could be done > to QGIS, as QGIS would be regarded by users as an experimental toy for > developers. > The worst scenario is a user thinking that a project can be performed > with QGIS and then finding out that there are several important bugs > across the processing > chain. This leaves to frustration first and to loss of confidence soon > afterwards. A > totally different situation is that the user knows that he is using a > beta, with a clearly stated "known bugs" list. The same > product would raise admiration and expectation instead of frustration. > > Agus
For my use cases trunk is working very well, even better than 1.6. Maybe I'm biased since I use trunk a lot and tend to adjust my workflow. OTOH I also think many bugs in the linked report are not really "must fix for release". Goyo _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user