[Qgis-developer] backports for 1.7.3

[Agustin Lobo]

I'm still not positive the error in the georeferencer that I reported
to the lists is actually an error
or my fault (I provided the layer and points and wait for feedback)
but in case it is an error, releasing with
such an error in the core (both in terms of code and in terms of
essential functionality) is
certainly detrimental for QGIS reputation.
Is there an standard  testbed that is run before releasing? I could
help by running
some of the standard tests before the new versions are actually
released. A team of
committed users (not developers so that the tests are independent)
would be very useful,
has this ever done or is it maybe routinely done already? For example,
was the georeferencer
tested by users prior releasing 1.7.2 ? I can imagine that as the code
becomes more complex, some changes
made in one part of QGIS could eventually affect other parts in ways
that were not foreseen by
developers (i.e., the georeferencer worked but a change on the
onthefly reprojection could have affected
the results of georeferencer).
Excuses if this is just too naive a comment.
Agus

2011/11/30 Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net>:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:01:40AM +0100, Giuseppe Sucameli wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 09:53:16PM +0100, Marco Hugentobler wrote:
>> >> > And, could the 1.7.3 be released ASAP?
>> >>
>> >> maybe there will not be the possibility to release 1.7.4 then.
>> >
>> > What event could make it impossible to release 1.7.whatever ?
>>
>> Is QGis reputation enough? ;)
>
> I don't see how releasing early and often may degrade QGis reputation.
> As a user I would actually be very happy to know the version I'm using
> is constantly being made more robust.
>
> --strk;
>
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