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<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>IMHO a slower release cycle from 3 to 2 will not make much of a
difference to the users and I agree with the Swiss UG's points.</p>
<p>As QGIS user on Ubuntu I "live on the cutting edge" with
automatic updates (point releases) being installed regularly and I
must say I probably won't even notice any new bugs, or test new
functions, as with most users we are probably not even using 10%
of the features available on a regular basis. The upgrades on
Windows are a bit more of a pain and I found that I would probably
only upgrade once a year anyway.</p>
<p>For organisations it would on the other hand make sense to not
upgrade too often and maybe wait for the major releases, if there
are no major bug fixes/issues/new features that would require a
point upgrade.</p>
<p>So I tend to agree with the Swiss UG to slow down and give the
developers more time to release stable upgrades.</p>
<p>My 2c.</p>
<p>Immo</p>
<p><b>P.S. Watch this space for an announcement and invitation to
our next UG meeting soon!</b><br>
</p>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:4d7a15b1-5e9d-70d2-0280-e4c7c06880db@gmail.com">The QGIS
conference in Coruna has just completed and there has been a lot
of issues discussed and one of the major sticking points was the
release cycle overview. The Swiss user group requested
<br>
<br>
the slowing down of the release cycle from 3 times per year to 2
times per year. They cited the following reasons:
<br>
<br>
* QGIS has reached a level of maturity where there aren't so many
featured missing to justify the fast release pace in order to
allow missing features to reach users quickly.
<br>
<br>
* Many organizations can't keep up with the fast pace of QGIS
release, meaning the many QGIS releases are tested by fewer people
who live on the "cutting edge".
<br>
<br>
* It reduces the pressure on developers, release managers,
documenters, packagers and system administration to roll out QGIS
in their organizations.
<br>
<br>
* The time window for testing of new releases is really short,
which results in often unusable 3.x.0 releases. In reality, many
organizations have to wait for two or three bugfix releases until
the major release becomes usable for them.
<br>
<br>
Another issue that was discussed was the difficulty of users
upgrading the point releases, especially for windows. A typical
example being the LTR version where users would install 2.18.0 and
maintain this until migrating to the next LTR version whilst the
2.18.x went all the way to 2.18.21
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<br>
What is your take on the issues listed above?
<br>
<br>
Regards
<br>
<br>
Admire
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