<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 21 Feb 2019, at 19:31, Andreas Neumann <<a href="mailto:andreas@qgis.org" class="">andreas@qgis.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1- To handover the project as it is, which will have issues 2 and 3 from the list below.</div><div class="">2- To finish the work: requires extra funding from <a href="http://qgis.org/" class="">QGIS.org</a> - see below</div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" class="">This would be my favorite of the three options.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">3- Abandon the work<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" class="">Would be sad and a waste of resources.</span><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Agreed - this is a nice step forward for the project, lets not chuck it away :-(</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class=""> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our questions, which I leave with the PSC to discuss and come up with a simple Yes or No answer:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1-
Are you happy to cover the annual cost of macOS packaging: server
cost + certificate. Our estimate is 700 $ / year. My preference is
having QGIS certificate. But OSGeo will be fine.</div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" class="">Yes - we have the funds and should be able to cover that.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">2- Will you fund the extra work to support older macOSes (10.11 and 10.12)?</div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" class="">This one I am hesitating - because Peter also said it is hard to estimate how much work it will be.</span><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would propose to suggest users of 10.11 and 10.12 use William’s packages (if they work with those versions) and rather be forward looking, focussing on current and future macOS releases. I think people generally keep their macOS current - upgrades are free and mostly hassle free so there is little incentive not to. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class=""> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">3- Will you fund the extra work to clean up the code, transfer the infrastructure and maintain the code until Jan 2020.)</div><div class="">(2
and 3 were in our plan but we omitted those two items because our
crowdfunding did not match the target. Our estimate for 2 and 3 is 4000
euro)</div></div></blockquote><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" class="">I am in favour of funding item 3. Item 2 only if it isn't a bottomless pit.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">4- Are you willing to publish the packages on <a href="http://qgis.org/" target="_blank" class="">qgis.org</a>?</div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" class="">yes - sure</span><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes it will improve the user experience in selecting a package as we have already discussed off-list.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tim</div></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">---</div><div style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Tim Sutton</b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><a href="mailto:tim@qgis.org" class="">tim@qgis.org</a></div><div style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;">
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