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<p>Hi Marco - <br>
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<p>First of all, I would like to thank you and the PSC for keeping
the concept of LTR. I was worried after the discussion on
developer list recently. <br>
</p>
<p>My personal opinion - based on empirical observations of QGIS
usage and as a member of the steering committee of the Danish
QGIS user group - is that a vast majority of QGIS user (at least
in Denmark) is using a recent version of QGIS LTR as their primary
QGIS system. And the adventurous users or users in need have a
parallel installation of a later, non-LTR QGIS on the same pc. <br>
</p>
<p>It would be detrimental to the effort of expanding or even
keeping the QGIS user base if you abandoned the LTR concept. <br>
</p>
<p>Regarding your questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>The reduction of number of 12 yearly point releases to 4 has
no practical disadvantages and will reduce the work effort of
getting the releases out of the door. I don't know a single
organisation that install all the point releases. 4 is fine.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>The saved time could - and probably will - be used for more
extensive testing the 4 releases. This will result in overall
better releases with fewer errors than before. <br>
<br>
</li>
<li>And - again - my experience is, that the vast, vast majority
of QGIS users is on Windows. It makes sense to maximize the
pre-release testing effort on this platform.<br>
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</li>
<li>AFAIK, my installed QGIS is communicating with QGIS.org using
the newsfeed facility. You can turn it off if you want to. I
don't see anything problematic in delivering information of the
operating system type together with the QGIS version.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>So a big +1 and thumbs-up on all 4 proposals.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards
Bo Victor Thomsen</pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Den 20-11-2021 kl. 08:00 skrev Marco
Bernasocchi:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear community,<br>
<br>
<div>since their introduction, QGIS LTR versions have gained
wide-spread popularity [0]. LTR point releases have always
followed the regular monthly release cycle [1] creating a
constant flow of point releases that likely exceeds the update
frequency that LTR users desire and actually roll-out.<br>
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To further improve our LTR offering and ensure the reliability
of our installers, we propose to introduce pre-release LTR
package tests. These semi-automated and manual tests will be
performed during a two-week period between packaging and
announcement of new packages. <br>
<br>
The 2022 budget proposal will account for the additional costs
of pre-release LTR package tests. To stay within a reasonable
budget and allow for an appropriate number of tests, we
propose to reduce the LTR point release frequency to quarterly
(four times a year) and initially limit testing to the
platform with our largest user base (Windows).<br>
<br>
If accepted, the new quarterly schedule would start as soon as
the whole testing infrastructure is ready. This would probably
be introduced stepwise during the 3.22 lifecycle and become
definitive in the 3.28 cycle.<br>
<br>
Together with this proposal, to quantify the userbases by
operating system, and be able to make data driven decisions in
the future, the QGIS network user agent now includes a generic
string mentioning the user’s operating system. You can read
more about the change here [2].<br>
<br>
We are looking forward to hearing what you think about these
news plans and your ideas how they may be improved. <br>
<br>
On behalf of the PSC, <br>
Have a great weekend<br>
<br>
Marco<br>
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[0] <a
href="https://blog.qgis.org/2020/04/02/ltr-usage-survey/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.qgis.org/2020/04/02/ltr-usage-survey/</a><br>
[1] <a
href="https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html#release-schedule"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html#release-schedule</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/46090"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/46090</a>
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OPENGIS.ch CEO</div>
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<div><a href="http://berna.io" target="_blank"
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