AW: [Qgis-developer] Next release name - 'Metis'

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi Gary,

> I suggest we set a target date of August 15 for release of 1.0 and do
> not depart from it.

You mean that date would be the feature freeze or the release date? I hope 
feature freeze.

>There is already work underway on the map composition
> feature and hopefully it will be complete before August
...
> Let's talk about it and see if we can't agree on a release date, a
> targeted set of features, and a plan to implement it all.

For the new print composer features I planned with September. But I expect the 
majority of features implemented by mid August. So it is a possibility to 
merge to trunk what is available mid August.

In detail the print composer features I plan to implement are the following:

- separate gui from non-gui composer objects to make python bindings possible 
later
- possibility to change the size of composer objects
- change color and transparency of object frames and background
- organize order of overlapping objects
- alignment of objects to auxiliary grid
- group/ungroup objects
- more options for scale bars
- support for north arrows in composer (from svg files)
- options to customize the legend in composer (e.g. change order, add or 
remove entries)

> benefit of getting to 1.0 -- to some our current version numbers imply
> something that is not really very mature.

I don't have a strong preference about the version numbers. I wouldn't call 
QGIS a really very mature software, but this is why we are here ;-)

Regards,
Marco



Am Mittwoch 14 Mai 2008 06:05:45 schrieb Gary Sherman:
> On May 12, 2008, at 10:54 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> > Hugentobler Marco ha scritto:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> In my experience, there is usually not enough time to discuss things
> >> in the IRC meetings. Maybe people could state their plans for next
> >> release on the mailing list first so a potential IRC meeting can be
> >> more focused.
> >
> > Hi all.
> > I think we should start laying down a list of items to be completed
> > before a version could be called 1.0. In the meantime, we can
> > release 0.11, 0.12 etc.
> > In my view these are necessary:
> > - bugfixing (this is probably the heaviest and most boring task)
> > - advanced labelling
> > - speedup
> > - raster catalogues (this can be probably done with a simple plugin,
> > as Martin suggested)
> > - printing improvements (with raster legend)
> > - API stabilization.
>
> I think it is imperative that we release 1.0 before FOSS4G2008. By mid-
> August the Google Summer of Code project for labeling will be
> complete. There is already work underway on the map composition
> feature and hopefully it will be complete before August. The only
> other thing (apart from bug fixes/stability) that I would like to see
> is the raster catalog.
>
> I suggest we set a target date of August 15 for release of 1.0 and do
> not depart from it. This will require some discipline once we start to
> stabilize things. I would anticipate this requiring a longer feature
> freeze. I would also like to defer any refactoring and major code
> cleanups until after 1.0. We need to get a stable working base
> established and then polish it from there to get to 1.0.
>
> It's a plain fact that adding new features introduces regressions. It
> has with every release. We need to avoid that as much as possible and
> get 1.0 out the door. Frank Warmerdam has commented on IRC about the
> benefit of getting to 1.0 -- to some our current version numbers imply
> something that is not really very mature.
>
> Let's talk about it and see if we can't agree on a release date, a
> targeted set of features, and a plan to implement it all.
>
> -gary
>
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Dr. Marco Hugentobler
Institute of Cartography
ETH Zurich
Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee