[Qgis-developer] No fix for 2.0 for #8068, wrong font display in qgis server

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:35 AM, rldhont <rldhont at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Tim,
>>
>>
>> What about the 6 others blockers ?
>>
>> 2 seem close to resolution : #8487 and #7441
>>
>
> Unfortunately anything past the cut off date is going to have to stay in a
> 'known issues' list to be addressed in the next release.
>
> I have postponed the branching of the release yet another day for  Nathan
> and Salvatore to fix another last minute crash they found on IRC so if
> anyone has the ability to resolve these over the course of tomorrow, now is
> your chance!
>


To be clear I mean 'over the course of Wed 4 September 2013'.

Regards

Tim


>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> René-Luc D'Hont
>> 3Liz
>>
>> Le 03/09/2013 10:20, Tim Sutton a écrit :
>>
>> Hi
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:
>>
>>>     Hi,
>>>
>>>  After many hours of visual testing, monkeying with the code and
>>> generally banging my head against a wall, I've come to the conclusion I can
>>> not commit the partial fix I have for this issue [0] without possibly
>>> causing issues in other types of output: canvas, composer, PDF, etc. Part
>>> of this is due to the way I coded the new label components and now it looks
>>> like there is definitely something screwy with the way server handles
>>> fonts. There are too many variables and no really useful unit test suite
>>> yet.
>>>
>>>  I suggest the following course of action:
>>>
>>>  1) Release the desktop version with this as a known blocker, albeit
>>> mostly related to server output.
>>>
>>>  2) Have an experienced dev review the label painting code who is
>>> familiar with both labeling and server, e.g. Marco H., etc.
>>>
>>>  3) While the code is being reviewed, I can work towards finishing the
>>> initial unit test suite for labeling (with crosschecks between canvas and
>>> composer, server outputs). Absolutely no labeling features are added or bug
>>> fixes committed until there is a functioning test suite for the most common
>>> labeling uses and outputs.
>>>
>>>  4) When this issue is appropriately fixed and tested, look at possibly
>>> releasing an updated server component/pkg, if needed.
>>>
>>> [0] http://hub.qgis.org/issues/8068
>>>
>>>
>>  Thanks Larry. If there are no other objects I will go ahead with
>> branching for release tonight.
>>
>>  Regards
>>
>>  Tim
>>
>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>
>>> Larry Shaffer
>>> Dakota Cartography
>>> Black Hills, South Dakota
>>>
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>>
>>
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