[Qgis-developer] release of 1.7

[MORREALE Jean Roc]

Le 31/05/2011 21:28, Markus Neteler a écrit :
>>From<jr.morreale at enoreth.net>
>> I share your concern but no one has actually the time or manpower to solve
>> these bugs, and to be honest I don't think that postponing the release any
>> longer will improve the situation.
>
> IMHO you underestimate the important point for FOSS(GIS) that we need
> to aim at quality and stability, not the low price. Postponing releases is
> common and usually motivated. Happens in the proprietary world, too.

by now, 1.7 has already been postponed for months and the situation 
hasn't improved : many work, few hands. We can call it an alpha version 
but let's put it out in the field so people who need these features can 
use them without ressorting to gosgeo4w/dal-dev. This way the tools are 
here for those who want and the sign "danger zone, do not switch" is 
present for those who don't.

Lessons can be learned without blocking the situation, for example not 
merging a single new feature if the blocking bug count is above ten like 
the drupal's maintainers do.