[QGIS-Developer] Fwd: Urgent: Remove windows 3.10.2 installer from site

Fri Jan 24 06:12:34 PST 2020

Is the following "unknown publisher" issue expected or a regression?

https://twitter.com/atanas/status/1220709096992710657

Regards,
Anita

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 9:06 AM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:

> Thanks a lot everybody, nice cooperation!
> Cheers.
>
> On 24 January 2020 13:05:09 GMT+04:00, Mathieu Pellerin <
> nirvn.asia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Fantastic, thank you.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 15:48 Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>>
>>> I can do it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Anita
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:15 AM Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jürgen, thanks for the successful re-release of 3.10.2.
>>>>
>>>> Paolo, Anita, who is in a position to publish the drafted post on the
>>>> blog?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 10:59 Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> +1 to that plan. We're 33% done already since the blocking PR has been
>>>>> merged.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 6:47 PM Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How about
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Waiting for https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/33971
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Releasing 3.10.3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Announce on twitter, blog, news panel
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Clear cut for everyone (including those 95% of our users not
>>>>>> following [qgis on] twitter)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>> On 1/22/20 12:39 PM, Anita Graser wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it time to send an update on Twitter yet? I don't see new
>>>>>> installers at https://qgis.org/downloads/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Anita
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 11:08 AM Mathieu Pellerin <
>>>>>> nirvn.asia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think the QGIS twitter account already mentioned that the 3.10.2
>>>>>>> installer had been retired due to issues and re-build.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 5:07 PM DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks Mathieu. Should it be 3.10.2 or 3.10.3? Asking because those
>>>>>>>> who have already downloaded the broken 3.10.2 may not think to update.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Harrissou
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Le mer. 22 janv. 2020 à 11:05, Mathieu Pellerin <
>>>>>>>> nirvn.asia at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Matthias,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Good idea.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Math
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 5:02 PM Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Mathieu,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot. It reads very well!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Something that I'd like to add is that in case of still finding a
>>>>>>>>>> bug, users should file issues and to mention proximity of LTR replacement.
>>>>>>>>>> If you still happen to find QGIS behaving in an unexpected way,
>>>>>>>>>> please let us know on https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues
>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1579773605204000&usg=AFQjCNHP21SO7MPYwrn023vHOeZwMUBKuQ>
>>>>>>>>>> as always. We are very happy that QGIS 3.10 is now in shape to replace 3.4
>>>>>>>>>> as LTR in a month time.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bests
>>>>>>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 1/22/20 10:58 AM, Mathieu Pellerin wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Paolo, here's the draft blog post:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *Public Service Announcement: Update to the latest point release
>>>>>>>>>> now*
>>>>>>>>>> ------
>>>>>>>>>> QGIS users who have adopted the 3.10 version when initially
>>>>>>>>>> released at the end of October 2019 have likely noticed a sharp drop in
>>>>>>>>>> reliability. The underlying issues have now been addressed in 3.10.2, all
>>>>>>>>>> users are advised to update *now*.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When QGIS 3.10 was first released in the end of October 2019, a
>>>>>>>>>> pair of libraries – namely GDAL and PROJ – were updated to their
>>>>>>>>>> next-generation versions. The advantages are plenty: GeoPDF export[1]
>>>>>>>>>> support, more accurate coordinate transformation, etc. For those
>>>>>>>>>> interested, more technical information on this is available here[2].
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The update of these crucial libraries led to a number of
>>>>>>>>>> regressions. While we expected some issues to arise, the seriousness of the
>>>>>>>>>> disruption caught us off guard. Yet, it was also somewhat inevitable: QGIS
>>>>>>>>>> is the first large GIS project to expose these next-generation libraries to
>>>>>>>>>> the masses. The large number of QGIS users across the globe were
>>>>>>>>>> essentially stress testing both new code within QGIS as well as the
>>>>>>>>>> libraries themselves.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks to dedicated users taking time to file in report and the
>>>>>>>>>> community helping out as well as our project sponsors for allowing us to
>>>>>>>>>> fund development time, developers have been able to fix all known
>>>>>>>>>> regressions in both in QGIS as well as underlying GDAL and PROJ libraries,
>>>>>>>>>> benefiting a large number of open source projects.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As a result of this collective effort by the community, QGIS
>>>>>>>>>> 3.10.2 is now back to being the reliable and stable GIS software we all
>>>>>>>>>> love. As such, we cannot stress enough the important of updating now.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Once again, thanks to our community of testers, sponsors, and
>>>>>>>>>> developers for their countless hours and efforts in making QGIS better.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Happy mapping!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [1] https://north-road.com/2019/09/03/qgis-3-10-loves-geopdf/
>>>>>>>>>> [2] https://gdalbarn.com/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 9:56 AM Paolo Cavallini <
>>>>>>>>>> cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Fully agreed. Mathieu, would you like to write it?
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 21 January 2020 06:39:08 GMT+04:00, Mathieu Pellerin <
>>>>>>>>>>> nirvn.asia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> +100 on all that's been said here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, once 3.10.2 is updated to include the updated packages &
>>>>>>>>>>>> above-referred fix, I'd suggest writing a QGIS.org blog post to inform
>>>>>>>>>>>> users of the worthiness of updating to 3.10.2(.2) *ASAP*, and expand a bit
>>>>>>>>>>>> on why 3.10.0/.1 were such rough releases. We can finish the post by
>>>>>>>>>>>> thanking users that have reported bugs (an inevitable nightmare to go
>>>>>>>>>>>> through as QGIS was exposing brand new GDAL3/PROJ6 versions to the masses).
>>>>>>>>>>>> IMHO, we should not skip this communication to our users.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 7:27 AM Nyall Dawson <
>>>>>>>>>>>> nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, we better wait for a fix for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/33902 (incoming)...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gosh, will the nightmare ever end... Let's agree never to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything in gdal or proj or qgis ever again ;)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nyall
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 06:28
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Urgent: Remove windows 3.10.2 installer from site
>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: qgis-developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can we please remove the 3.10.2 installer from the website as
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a matter
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of urgency? This installer was released using the older gdal
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.0.2 and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> proj 6.2 versions, which directly lead to crashes and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> reprojection
>>>>>>>>>>>>> failures in QGIS.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> QGIS ********************SHOULD NEVER
>>>>>>>>>>>>> EVER*********************** be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> used with gdal >= 3 and gdal < 3.0.3 or proj >6 and proj <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 6.3.0.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This combination is a world of hurt for users :(
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tickets filed at https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/618,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/617, and later today
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm going
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to commit cmake blocks which will completely prevent
>>>>>>>>>>>>> compilation under
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the affected gdal/proj versions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nyall
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