[Qgis-developer] Please vote: Proposed extension to 1.7 release schedule

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Marco

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Marco Hugentobler
<marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch> wrote:
> Hi Tim
>
> 3 for me too (assuming there is still space to discuss future development
> directions at the hackfest).
>

Yes that is on my list of proposed topics for the 'townhall meeting'
section I added to the wiki page [1]

http://www.qgis.org/wiki/5._QGIS_Hackfest_in_Lisbon_2011#Townhall_Meeting

Regards

Tim


> Regards,
> Marco
>
> Am Donnerstag, 31. März 2011, um 08.54:11 schrieb Tim Sutton:
>> Hi all
>>
>> There has been some discussion on this list about extending the
>> release schedule for 1.7. The proposals are:
>>
>>
>> 1) Continue with release schedule as is (aiming for mid-april release
>> announcement with branching on 7 April)
>>
>> 2) Extend the release schedule and lift the string freeze until after
>> the hackfest. We would then spend **a day** of the hackfest tidying up
>> QGIS 1.7 and then branch at the end of that day and finalise
>> translation in that branch while we continue to hack new features into
>> trunk for the rest of the hackfest. Planned tag for release would be a
>> week after the hackfest.
>>
>> 3) Extend the release schedule and lift the string freeze until after
>> the hackfest. We would then spend **all** of the hackfest tidying up
>> QGIS 1.7 and then impose a string freeze straight after the hackfest
>> with a planned branch for release a week later.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please cast your vote and have your say.
>>
>> My vote: option 3
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>
>
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