[Qgis-developer] QGIS 2.0 and beyond

[Paolo Cavallini]

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Il 29/05/2013 17:17, Régis Haubourg ha scritto:

> I totally agree. We've been pushing many new features and changing API is a
> great step. 
> 2.x branch will be the start for complete switch from arcgis or Mapinfo in
> some administrations here. We will then need maintenance releases and
> relative stability. A release every 6 months is fairly enough to me, I have
> no time to publish more often. 

Hi all.
What is a blocker? something that prevents users from upgrading to the newer version.
IMO we want to get rid of previous versions as soon as possible, when a new one is
released. To do so, we must assure users that they can keep on with their work with
the latest version, without a need of switching back to the previous one. That's why
we adopted the current classification for blockers. And please remember: we are not
talking about *perfection* here, as we still have >1k bugs.
On the other hand, I think now it's the time for power users to seriously contribute
to the solution of their most annoying bugs. The best option is of course hiring a
bunch of developers for this.
Please also note that in recent times qgis-dev is seriously broken, so very few
people are using it regularly (we normally run many courses, all on qgis-dev, but had
to switch back since the beginning of the year). Therefore, probably we had less
testing than usual. I suggest to put out a beta release after feature freeze for
wider testing, possibly followed by the usual RC sequence.
I think we have > 1M users now, better be more careful than usual not to disrupt
their workflow.
All the best.
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Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia
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