[Qgis-developer] Feature freeze commencing the ides of March

[Nathan Woodrow]

As much as a consistent UI is great and we should always aim for that
stability is much more important.  We can fix the UI between 2.0 and 2.1
but releasing something unstable really leaves a bad taste in peoples
mouth.  Having said that the add vector layer stuff is starting to really
get out of hand.  I would like to use the vertical tab idea and just have
one dialog.  I had bigger plans for the dialog but don't have time
currently.  I think the vertical tabs would improve the user experience
enough for 2.0 and then I can work on a new UI for a later release.

- Nathan


On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Borys Jurgiel <lists at borysjurgiel.pl>wrote:
>
>> Dnia sobota, 2 marca 2013 o 22:15:41 Tim Sutton napisał(a):
>> > Hi All
>> >
>> > I would like to get 2.0 release process rolling - I think all the key
>> > features we were after have made their way into master and those that
>> > haven't can probably wait for 2.1. Unless there is vigorous and
>> > widespread objection, I propose that we embark on the following
>> > release schedule:
>>
>> It will be great to see the 2.0 in the end, however first I'd like to
>> ensure
>> its API will be ready for all the features to be postponed to 2.1.
>>
>> Of course, I mean especially the threading. I would ask Martin about his
>> attitude to the freeze date. Also Radim put "Raster API revision" to his
>> hackfest tasks.
>>
>> Seems we postpone the long-awaited GUI usability overhaul to 2.1, but at
>> least
>> we should decide for the horizontal/vertical tabs :)
>>
>
> That's next on my list. :^) I'll be finishing the work on converting the
> project, vector and raster option dialogs to vertical tabs, probably
> starting on Monday.
>
> Considering the number of current outstanding issues for the project as a
> whole, I think any more large GUI changes (like the recent ones to Print
> Composer) should be slated for 2.1. There is still quite a bit of work just
> to bring more consistency to the current GUI.
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
>
>
>> B.
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