Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-02-10 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi Just to note here that the article explaining our 3.0 strategy is now posted here: http://blog.qgis.org/2016/02/10/qgis-3-0-plans/ Regards Tim > On 09 Feb 2016, at 11:04, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > > Il 09/02/2016 00:36, Larry Shaffer ha scritto: > >> Please keep

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-02-09 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 09-02-16 01:01, Nyall Dawson wrote: > > On 9 Feb 2016 10:36 AM, "Larry Shaffer" > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> How about this: >> >> * Release 2.14 as an LTR (on schedule), but with the option of having > new, heavily unit-tested and vetted

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-02-09 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 09/02/2016 00:36, Larry Shaffer ha scritto: > Please keep in mind, for the Mac user community, the sooner a 3.0 beta > release is available the better, as Qt4 has very fragile support for > building on the current OS version and may not build at all on future ones. I had the same idea, for

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-02-08 Thread Nyall Dawson
On 9 Feb 2016 10:36 AM, "Larry Shaffer" wrote: > > Hi, > > How about this: > > * Release 2.14 as an LTR (on schedule), but with the option of having new, heavily unit-tested and vetted features still available for pushing > * Skip a 2.16 release > * Release 3.0 version 8

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-02-08 Thread Larry Shaffer
Hi, How about this: * Release 2.14 as an LTR (on schedule), but with the option of having new, heavily unit-tested and vetted features still available for pushing * Skip a 2.16 release * Release 3.0 version 8 months after 2.14 This would allow cleaning up of the PRs and QEPs that apply to the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-20 Thread Matthias Kuhn
Hi, On 01/19/2016 11:48 AM, Hugo Mercier wrote: > Just an idea: what about a 2.16 being an LTR rather than the 2.14 ? That would address some of the concerns brought up. I like the idea. Best -- Matthias Kuhn OPENGIS.ch - https://www.opengis.ch Spatial • (Q)GIS • PostGIS • Open Source

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-20 Thread Tom Chadwin
> Just an idea: what about a 2.16 being an LTR rather than the 2.14 ?  Counter-argument. This breaks the only newly established LTR release cycle which is cited as very attractive to corporate users. -- View this message in context:

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-20 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 20/01/2016 08:55, Hugo Mercier ha scritto: > Yes, I think there are still some open questions around some of these > QEPs. I still need a little bit of time to clean them all and call for a > vote. I'll try to do it soon. Looking forward to it, thanks. Any other major plans? What is the state

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-20 Thread Hugo Mercier
On 20/01/2016 08:52, Hugo Mercier wrote: > > On my list I have : > > - a new symbol layer to draw straight and curved arrows on line layers, > as it's done by the "Arrows" plugin > - allow to pin diagrams > - some new drawing tools in the composer (polygons, lines) > I also have an "unmerged"

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-20 Thread Worth Lutz
But as a FINAL 2.x release it would make sense to be a LTR, wouldn't it. To give time before moving to 3.x. *Worth Lutz* On 1/20/2016 4:28 AM, Tom Chadwin wrote: Just an idea: what about a 2.16 being an LTR rather than the 2.14 ? Counter-argument. This breaks the only newly established LTR

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-20 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 20/01/2016 14:05, Worth Lutz ha scritto: > But as a FINAL 2.x release it would make sense to be a LTR, wouldn't > it. To give time before moving to 3.x. Yes, that was my idea, thanks for clarifying. All the best. -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS & PostGIS courses:

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 19/01/2016 10:38, Richard Duivenvoorde ha scritto: > On 17-01-16 23:03, Tim Sutton wrote: >> [1] http://blog.qgis.org/2016/01/17/help-us-to-plan-for-qgis-3-0/ > > Dev's, > > Nobody else? My suggestion: * release 2.14 LTR * move immediately to 3.0 * backport all fixes to 2.14, as usual for

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Hugo Mercier
Hi, On 19/01/2016 11:08, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > Il 19/01/2016 10:38, Richard Duivenvoorde ha scritto: >> On 17-01-16 23:03, Tim Sutton wrote: >>> [1] http://blog.qgis.org/2016/01/17/help-us-to-plan-for-qgis-3-0/ >> >> Dev's, >> >> Nobody else? > > My suggestion: > * release 2.14 LTR > * move

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 17-01-16 23:03, Tim Sutton wrote: > Dear QGIS Developers > > > For some time now we have been talking about moving to 3.0. The PSC is > looking for proposals on how to manage the process of moving to QGIS > 3.0. For a little more context please see the blog post I have made [1]. > Once we

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Tom Chadwin
I just thought I'd reassure you that the discussion is being read and not ignored. As just a plugin dev, I cannot offer any opinion - the core devs will come to the best consensus, and the rest of us can all then work at fixing our plugins. -- View this message in context:

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Nathan Woodrow
+1 to 2.16 and then 3.0 On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:26 pm Martin Dobias wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:38 PM, Nyall Dawson > wrote: > > On 18 January 2016 at 09:03, Tim Sutton wrote: > >> > >> Dear QGIS Developers > >> > >> > >> For

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Régis Haubourg
Paolo Cavallini wrote > Il 19/01/2016 14:12, Neumann, Andreas ha scritto: >> Hi, >> >> QGIS is now used by a lot of professional users worldwide. A lot of them > ... >> Hugos suggestion to have 2.16 as the LT release instead of 2.14 would >> also be fine and acceptable for me. Moving to 3.0

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Hugo Mercier
Hi Régis, On 19/01/2016 20:54, Régis Haubourg wrote: > > hey, we have a QEP process running around labeling / callout lines / saving > ressources with qgs / porting easycustom labeling and mask plugin to core > equivalent. > > We can target 3.0, there is no hurry, as no coding work has been

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Hugo Mercier
On 19/01/2016 15:25, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > Il 19/01/2016 14:12, Neumann, Andreas ha scritto: >> Hi, >> >> QGIS is now used by a lot of professional users worldwide. A lot of them > ... >> Hugos suggestion to have 2.16 as the LT release instead of 2.14 would >> also be fine and acceptable for

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Martin Dobias
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:38 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote: > On 18 January 2016 at 09:03, Tim Sutton wrote: >> >> Dear QGIS Developers >> >> >> For some time now we have been talking about moving to 3.0. The PSC is >> looking for proposals on how to manage the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 19/01/2016 14:12, Neumann, Andreas ha scritto: > Hi, > > QGIS is now used by a lot of professional users worldwide. A lot of them ... > Hugos suggestion to have 2.16 as the LT release instead of 2.14 would > also be fine and acceptable for me. Moving to 3.0 immediately would not > work well

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Neumann, Andreas
Hi, QGIS is now used by a lot of professional users worldwide. A lot of them have contracts with QGIS developes/companies and expect that they can be delivered within a few months. If we move now to QGIS 3.0 on such short notice, without any concrete plan/warning, means such projects can only

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-19 Thread Régis Haubourg
+1 with Andreas, the very same analysis here. Cheers all, Régis -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Help-us-plan-for-QGIS-3-0-tp5245740p5246088.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-18 Thread Matthias Kuhn
Hi Richard, To stay focused, I just reply to the main points of your email. On 01/18/2016 09:37 AM, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: > I think without full focus on a transition it just will not happen. As main author of proposal 1 I can assure you: it endorses focused work on QGIS 3.0 after release

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-18 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 17-01-16 23:38, Nyall Dawson wrote: > On 18 January 2016 at 09:03, Tim Sutton wrote: >> >> Dear QGIS Developers >> >> For some time now we have been talking about moving to 3.0. The PSC is >> looking for proposals on how to manage the process of moving to QGIS 3.0. >> For a

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-17 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi Tim, Thank you for this blog post with the summary - It will help to move forward with this topic. Pending any other/better proposals I am also in favour of Matthias/Nyalls proposal with the intermediate 2.16 release and then moving on/concentrating on 3.0 - with potentially a 8 month

[Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-17 Thread Tim Sutton
Dear QGIS Developers For some time now we have been talking about moving to 3.0. The PSC is looking for proposals on how to manage the process of moving to QGIS 3.0. For a little more context please see the blog post I have made [1]. Once we have all the proposals in (please see the example

Re: [Qgis-developer] Help us plan for QGIS 3.0

2016-01-17 Thread Nyall Dawson
On 18 January 2016 at 09:03, Tim Sutton wrote: > > Dear QGIS Developers > > > For some time now we have been talking about moving to 3.0. The PSC is > looking for proposals on how to manage the process of moving to QGIS 3.0. For > a little more context please see the blog post I