[Qgis-developer] [Fwd: Re: [Qgis-user] Poll on website]

[Werner Macho]

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Hi!

I also fully agree - we should bring out 1.2 soon and probably drop 1.0.
But the (most asked) thing is that we should have a fully working
stand alone installer for windows.

Not that I like Windows (I only _have_ to use it @work) but it is
still a fact that most people unfortunately are just able to click
"Setup.exe"
Dont' get me wrong - I like those people .. They are our Users ;) (and
they give me work by cleaning their Computer)

So I still vote for getting 1.2 out soon but .. to get really more
users to use it - we need Setup.exe ;)

regards
Werner

Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> Andreas Neumann ha scritto:
>
>> One of the big advantages QGIS currently has, is that I (as a
>> user/customer) can get in new features relatively quickly (compared to
>> commercial GIS). QGIS should use this advantage and release often.
>
> Agreed fully. I think we cannot trust download stats at all, as many
> (most?) people download qgis from OSGeo or their distro sites.
> Furthermore, the prominent notice on our web site "1.0.2 is the only
> good one" pushes hard downloaders towards that version.
> Incidentally, I must say that having people using 1.0.2 makes also
> people reporting old bugs as new ones, which makes keeping the bug queue
> clean more difficult.
> I repeat mysel, but I think that deprecating 1.0.2 and releasing 1.2 now
> is the way to go. Please note that we only have 9 critical bugs open
> now, the lowest number since ages.
> All the best.

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