[Qgis-developer] Release plans for QGIS 0.11.0 and on to 1.0

[Martin Dobias]

Hi Tim

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com> wrote:
>
> It would be great to get a heads up on what others are working on so we can
> start planning for press releases etc. Going by June 30 as a target release
> date, I proposed the following dates for the release:
>
> June  9 - Feature freeze - bug fixing only from here on forward
> June 16 - String freeze and call for translations
> June 23 - Branch for release & call for packaging
> June 30 - Unleash Metis on the world...
>
> Does that work ok for everyone?

Looks fine for me. My further plans are to add dependency checking for
python plugins (if I'll be able to get it ready on time)

> I suggest Jef put his code formatting stuff through just before we do branch
> for release so that there is no active work going on in trunk - though this
> may impact people working out in branches so is it maybe better to wait for
> just before 1.0 before Jef puts the formatting updates in?

Better to wait and apply it before 1.0.

> Following the above plan, we will have another 1.5 months until August 15 -
> the planned release date for QGIS 1.0. So ideally 0.11.0 is the last chance
> to get those last minute features in, and with the exception of labelling,
> composer and raster catalogues, no new features should be going into trunk
> post 0.11.0 release.

Btw. any news from the GSoC student regarding the map labeling implementation?

> I'm anticipating a 1.0.1 release if possible in time for FOSS4G2008 (late
> Sept) which will be purely bug fixing for anything we missed in 1.0 release.

What about further roadmap? Schedule of 1.x versions? Are we going to
maintain stable ABI? API? Some plans for 2.0?
The problem I see often is that we just know where we are but we're
missing some direction and vision... There are always just very
short-time release plans. I have in my mind some greater changes
(geometry refactor, plugins/providers enhancements, vector handling
enhancements) but I don't get idea when to do them.

> We also need to finalise our Hack fest - can we set a final date etc over
> the next week Paolo? Its looking like mid-late June is going to work best
> for me  since I will be starting a new job in July. I see on the hackfest
> page that June is good for some other folks too. Could we firm up a date for
> this?

I'm sorry but it looks like I won't be able to participate - June is
full of exams and visitors and then moving back to Slovakia, from
mid-July I'm on holidays in India until mid-September. I could
participate during the autumn...

Cheers
Martin