[Qgis-developer] QGIS 2.0 Milestone: Feature freeze & updated release timetable

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Please note that we are now in Feature Freeze for QGIS 2.0. This means
> that no new major functionality (typically annotated with [FEATURE] in
> a commit message) should be added to master.
>
> Exceptions to this are the GUI cleanup work and the shield label work
> being carried out by Larry. If anyone else feels there should be
> further exceptions made, they should be discussed here on the list
> *before* pushing them to master.

I should have added that there are a number of pull requests pending
evaluation [1], I would like to suggest that
we allow any pull request to be applied over the next two weeks where
the pull request id < 493 (i.e. when the pull request was already
lodged prior to the feature freeze).

[1] https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/pulls

Regards

Tim

>
> Now is the time to clean up the code base, remove inconsistencies,
> make all the tests pass, make the GUI neat and tidy and generally get
> things ready for general consumption.
>
> Today I will also commit changes that move the home directory from
> ~/.qgis to ~/.qgis2 so that we can properly support deployments where
> 1.8 and 2.0 are used side by side. Also settings for QGIS 2.0 will be
> independently store from the QGIS 1.x settings (e.g. under unix like
> OS's they will now go into ~/.config/QuantumGIS/QGIS2.conf).
>
> Please note that I have updated the release timetable as per below:
>
> 1 April 2013 - Feature freeze - no new features in master
> 15 April 2013 - API Freeze - no changes to API except where it is in
> direct response to broken functionality.
> 30 April - GUI Freeze and String freeze - no changes to ui or strings
> except where required for critical bug fixes. Call for translations.
> 1 June 2013 - Branch 2.0, code freeze (except for packaging related
> changes), call for packaging
> 7 June 2013 - Public release of 2.0
>
> The updated timetable gives a little more time to sort out user
> interface issues and improve UI strings before the release.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
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Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release  Manager)
==============================================
Please do not email me off-list with technical
support questions. Using the lists will gain
more exposure for your issues and the knowledge
surrounding your issue will be shared with all.

Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about:
 * QGIS programming and support services
 * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans
 * FOSS Consulting Services
Skype: timlinux
Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net
==============================================