[Qgis-user] Fix a blocking bug together

[Harrissou s.]

Hi,

Le 15 avril 2022 14:08:18 GMT+02:00, Uwe Fischer via Qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :
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>please excuse the question of a github newbie: what does the github entry (regarding this issue) mean „qgis-bot <https://github.com/qgis-bot>  pushed a commit that referenced this issue 11 hours ago“  <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/47921#ref-commit-acee8bb> 
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While most users only download either QGIS latest or LTR, the developers actually work on three versions at a time (aka, branches):
- master: targets the next version to release (3.26). 
- release-3_24: for bugfixes in QGIS 3.24
- release-3_22: for bugfixes in QGIS 3.22 LTR

New changes are first proposed in master and if they are proven to fix a bug affecting older releases, they are also proposed to their branches. And the qgis-bot is there to do that copy (hence all the "fix" messages) and let the devs spend their time on another new cool feature or bug fix, or with their family and friends. If everything seems good, the changes are then merged by the devs in the corresponding version sources.
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>There also are two links „fix“ on github but what does this mean to a normal user? Is there a version now that is bug-free for download?
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Yes and no. It depends. QGIS has a release schedule (https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html#qgis-release-schedule) so fix of this issue in 3.22/3.24 will be available to "common" users at the due date (looking at the time it has been merged, I'm not sure the fix is in the yesterday release, so now it'd be mid may).

However, the fix is there, in the development branches for master, 3.22 and 3.24, and available if you wanna (early) use it. These are regularly published and called weekly or nightly (see below the schedule URL for instructions on how to get and use them). Nightlies are also a good way to help testing QGIS and avoid bugs getting in regular releases.

Hope that clarifies.
Regards,
Harrissou
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>Thanks, Uwe
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>Von: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Im Auftrag von Totò Fiandaca via Qgis-user
>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. April 2022 20:09
>An: qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] Fix a blocking bug together
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>Excuse me if I made rumon, it won't happen again.
>thanks to jef for fixing the bug.
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>Il giorno gio 14 apr 2022 alle ore 18:40 Totò Fiandaca <pigrecoinfinito at gmail.com <mailto:pigrecoinfinito at gmail.com> > ha scritto:
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>Hello to the whole community,
>I want to report a bug present in all current versions of QGIS (3.22.5 LTR, 3.24.1 AND MASTER); it is a blocking bug in my opinion as well as being a regression, the bug is described here [0].
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>Also, I understand that it takes time to fix the problem and therefore you need to raise money to pay for a developer time.
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>I ask the community:
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>1. Does anyone have experience with fundraising campaigns?
>2. How to get an estimate to understand the amount to be raised?
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>regards
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>[0] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/47921
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