[postgis-devel] RFC: PostGIS 1.4 timeframe

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

Hi folks,

I'm getting to point where I'd like to think about setting a release 
roadmap for 1.4 in order to get this code out in the open.

Reasons for pushing out a 1.4 sooner:


- 1.3.5 seems to be a relatively stable release; there are only a couple 
of fixes in 1.3 branch and so we can push out a 1.3.6 with reasonable 
amount of confidence. I know I'd much rather see Paul's recent new work 
in a 1.4 rather than having to backport it and support in 1.3 aswell - 
especially as we've promised not to break APIs on point releases :D

- No more endless backporting to 1.3 branch. Nuff said. The 1.4 code has 
been a lot longer in development than expected.

- As a developer, the tools for debugging and tracing bugs are a league 
above anything in 1.3 branch. I really would prefer never to have to 
track obscure bugs in the 1.3 branch ever again.

- Even with the new code/APIs in 1.4 (particularly in relation to the 
parser), we can still emulate the old behaviour and then move forward 
with something better in 1.5. At the very least, the new build system 
will get a really good workout.


I'm currently thinking something like a 1.3.6 release with the current 
fixes released around February, with a 1.4 release appearing a week or 
so after the Toronto Code Sprint mid-March.


Thoughts?

Mark.

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