<div dir="ltr">Hi<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Marco Hugentobler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marco.hugentobler@sourcepole.ch" target="_blank">marco.hugentobler@sourcepole.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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    <div><div class="im">>are you saying that advertising the
      known issues is bad publicity or that releasing with open blockers
      is bad publicity<br>
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      I wanted to say that advertising the known issues is bad
      publicity. Pointing to the bug tracker however is fine for me (it
      sounded to me as if the blockers would be listed next to the new
      features in the announcement).<br>
      <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ok great and agreed - thanks for the clarification!</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Tim</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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      Regards,<br>
      Marco<div><div class="h5"><br>
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      On 12.08.2013 16:10, Tim Sutton wrote:<br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:53 AM,
            Marco Hugentobler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marco.hugentobler@sourcepole.ch" target="_blank">marco.hugentobler@sourcepole.ch</a>></span>
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                <div>Hi Tim<br>
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                  The proposed schedule sounds good to me.
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                    >The proposal on the table is that any remaining
                    blockers be clearly listed as known issues in the
                    release announcements.<br>
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                  Hm, don't you think this is bad publicity for the
                  project? After all, we don't list the other bugs as
                  'known issues', even though they are known as well.<br>
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            <div>Just to clarify Marco, are you saying that advertising
              the known issues is bad publicity or that releasing with
              open blockers is bad publicity? I think it is enough to
              point to the bug tracker and say that there are still open
              issues for 2.0.</div>
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            <div>Regards</div>
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            <div>Tim</div>
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                  Regards,<br>
                  Marco
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                      On 12.08.2013 01:21, Tim Sutton wrote:<br>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Hi All
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                        <div>If we want to be ready with QGIS 2.0 for
                          FOSS4G2013 we should ideally be ready to
                          branch for release at the beginning of
                          September (since most of us will be migrating
                          to the land of deep fried mars bars for
                          September).</div>
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                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Here

                            is my proposal to achieve that:</div>
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                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
                            * 12 Aug GUI Freeze, String Freeze, call for
                            final translations</div>
                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">*
                            25 Aug - Point of no return - final decision
                            on whether to release with blockers</div>
                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">*
                            1 Sept - Tag QGIS 2.0, call for packaging</div>
                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">*
                            7 Sept - Public announcement of QGIS 2.0</div>
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                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Please

                            consider the first item in the list in
                            effect now, so the GUI and strings should
                            not change except for critical bug fixes
                            (icon tweaks and 'poodle fluffing the GUI'
                            are no longer allowed).</div>
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                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Any

                            remaining Blockers at point of release will
                            be clearly identified as 'known issues'. On
                            25 August we (PSC) vote agreement on whether
                            to go ahead with release or to postpone it.
                            There would be an automatic revote each week
                            until quorum is reached (basically giving us
                            2 postponement dates before FOSS4G). I
                            really really really want QGIS 2.0 to be
                            ready for FOSS4G and it would be nice to not
                            be working on it at the QGIS HF in Brighton.</div>
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                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The

                            proposal on the table is that any remaining
                            blockers be clearly listed as known issues
                            in the release announcements.</div>
                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br>
                          </div>
                          <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Speaking

                            of release announcements, I have set up a
                            very alpha-y web site for creating a visual
                            changelog and I am looking for volunteers to
                            add entries to this. If you have some time
                            to write about the new features coming in
                            QGIS 2.0 please contact me.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>If those 'out there' in the community
                            have the ability to fund the closing of the
                            remaining blocker issues [1] either by
                            donating money to QGIS or by sponsoring
                            developer time independently of the QGIS
                            project your contributions will be so
                            gratefully received.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>Finally a reminder that there is still a
                            call out for nominations for new PSC members
                            [2] so if you know someone suitable for the
                            post, please go ahead and nominate them!</div>
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                          <div>[1] <a href="http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/issues?query_id=23" target="_blank">http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/issues?query_id=23</a><br>
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                          <div>[2] <a href="http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/PSC_Nominations_August_2013" target="_blank">http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/PSC_Nominations_August_2013</a></div>
                          <div><br>
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                          <div>Regards</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>Tim</div>
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Sourcepole -  Linux & Open Source Solutions
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