[Qgis-developer] [Qgis-user] Synergy of QGIS Enterprise and QGIS 2.0/Master branch

[Noli Sicad]

Please clarify "all customers"?

Noli

On 7/1/13, Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml at sourcepole.com> wrote:
> Hi Noli,
>
> Am Montag, 1. Juli 2013, 21.16:36 schrieb Noli Sicad:
>>
>> What is the license of QGIS Enterprise?
>
> QGIS Enterprise is GPL licensed and the source code is available for all
> customers.
>
> Pirmin
>
>>
>> On 7/1/13, Ziegler Stefan <Stefan.Ziegler at bd.so.ch> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I really like the idea of a LTS version of QGIS. Is there any chance to
>> > see
>> > a "community edition" (free) of QGIS Enterprise?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Stefan
>> >
>> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> >> Von: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> >> [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Im
>> >> Auftrag von Pirmin Kalberer
>> >> Gesendet: Montag, 1. Juli 2013 12:20
>> >> An: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org; qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> >> Betreff: [Qgis-user] Synergy of QGIS Enterprise and QGIS 2.0/Master
>> >> branch
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> There were some discussions about the relation of the recently
>> >> announced
>> >> QGIS
>> >> Enterprise [1] and the upcoming QGIS 2.0 release.
>> >> QGIS Enterprise was born out of the needs of our customers for a
>> >> stable
>> >> QGIS branch
>> >> with frequent bug fix releases similar to the Ubuntu LTS model. Almost
>> >> all
>> >> of the
>> >> professional QGIS users we know, have many custom plugins in use.
>> >> Some of these plugins are applications with 10'000's lines of code! So
>> >> API
>> >> compatibility
>> >> has absolutly hightest priority for them.
>> >> That's the reason we branched 1.9 before the API break to give our
>> >> customers most
>> >> of the features of 2.0 but let them more time to migrate their plugins
>> >> to
>> >> the new API.
>> >> We fixed many major bugs reported by our customers and applied them
>> >> also
>> >> to QGIS
>> >> master [3]. The QGIS projects benefits from this model directly, since
>> >> it
>> >> finances at
>> >> least Marco working 100% on QGIS core development. And there are not
>> >> only
>> >> bug
>> >> fixes flowing back into QGIS master, but also major performance
>> >> improvements
>> >> [2],[4].
>> >> We hope very much that we can carry on this synergy for the coming
>> >> years
>> >> and look
>> >> forward to see you in Maptember to work together on QGIS 2.1!
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> Pirmin
>> >>
>> >> [1] http://qgisenterprise.com/
>> >> [2]
>> >> http://sourcepole.ch/2013/6/17/fossgis-2013-performance-optimised-wms-
>> >> services-with-qgis-server
>> >> [3] QGIS Enterprise bugfixes ported to 2.0
>> >> - Fix ticket #5584 (crash saving empty geometry) 96a8bd64
>> >> - Always use topological editing if using avoid intersection (where
>> >>
>> >>   possible also to background layers) dc074b39
>> >>
>> >> - Better approach to split lines. Fixes bug #4618 c90870d0
>> >> - Clear rubberband if map tool is deactivated b5a5264c
>> >> - Fix double redraw after applying vector properties 89bdb10e
>> >> - Fix check state for legend groups restored from project file
>> >> 31d7f651
>> >> - Format number strings with field precision for display
>> >>
>> >>   in attribute table, attribute dialog and editor 6361d19f
>> >>
>> >> - Fix activation of paste action after cut/copy e2c80d35
>> >> - Keep zoom level constant if zooming to one selected point 15e3fc35
>> >> - Fix WFS layer items in browser 5d7ac888
>> >> - Protect point and line pattern symbol layer from eating too much
>> >>
>> >>   memory b54c75ce
>> >>
>> >> - Keep selection if exchanging ids for added features, safety check for
>> >> 0
>> >>
>> >>   geometry in splitFeatures method 4c02d7ff
>> >>
>> >> - Prevent overshoots with line offsets fac2bd78
>> >> - Handle plain/regexp mode for delimited text provider same as for
>> >> preview
>> >>
>> >>   a4d83139
>> >>
>> >> - Filter string in qgis server: Allow strings and attribute names with
>> >> bfde7c83
>> >> - Radio button groups in composer label widget, consider label
>> >> alignment
>> >>
>> >>   in adjustSizeToText 12f09471
>> >>
>> >> - Mark project dirty in case of composer changes da0e4f34
>> >> - Clear cached geometries after commit / rollback 6bbc149d
>> >> - Fix placement of simple markers in cached images 7e793025
>> >>
>> >> [4] WMS server performance:
>> >> - Improve performance for coordinate reprojection 863da7d0
>> >> - Loop optimisation GDAL provider f424e2aa
>> >> - Improve png8 conversion and a18ae684
>> >> - Implement readBlock in gdal provider for performance reason
>> >> 750579215
>> >> - Performance optimisation in raster provider daa02e3e
>> >> - Use 'fast clip' line clipping algorithm for long lines. Huge
>> >> improvement
>> >>
>> >>   for wms benchmark performance (long contour lines) d4f69b37
>> >>
>> >> - Use coordinate transform cache in maprenderer e0d9796f
>> >> - Create pallabeling only once, take crs from cache ea4e77af
>> >> - Use CRS cache and avoid sqlite lookup for each request 8dc0135b
>> >> - Use CRS cache for faster lookup of crs by authid 15b4843c
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Pirmin Kalberer
>> >> Sourcepole  -  Linux & Open Source Solutions http://www.sourcepole.com
>> >>
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