[Qgis-developer] Reminder: Freeze starts on 2014-01-24 (4 days)

[Radim Blazek]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Regarding whether we should keep giving releases names, I think we should
> (big +1) for the following reasons:

-1 for code names, see [1], it is all there what came to my mind:
"Version 4.0? Ha! Why would I use an easily-recognizable number that
gives both a sense of the product history and clear indication of what
I'm talking about when I can show off my 1337 status by calling it Ice
Cream Sandwich,..."

> * it (under our current scheme) pays homage to the hosts of our hackfests -
> lets be honest there isn't much reward in hosting it other than seeing your
> region represented in the release name

Cannot it be done in a different way, maybe even more explicitly, for
example a bottom bar on splash screen telling place/institution.

> * its a 'fun' part of our project culture and I would not like to see that
> we gradually remove everything that is fun and interesting about our project

Fun for you, disaster for me. When it comes to code names, I always
have to search a table of code names and translate it to a version
number. Too old, stupid, ... probably, even such people are using
QGIS.

> * users that I interact with often reference the release by its name, and I
> think it makes the individual releases more clearly distinguishable
>
> I would suggest a Latvian cartographer or place of interest. Then next
> release we can have a splash of some drunk guys wondering around Brighton on
> a Saturday night :-P

If you insist on mountains/cartographers, please order them at least
by height/birth day, that would be very helpful.

Radim
[1] http://gizmodo.com/5852191/enough-with-the-ridiculous-product-code-names

> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> That's funny! Good catch.
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> Am 20.01.2014 20:12, schrieb Saber Razmjooei:
>> > How about Speed:
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Speed
>> >
>> > Goes well with MTR too :)
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Saber
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
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>> > [mailto:qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Andreas
>> > Neumann
>> > Sent: 20 January 2014 19:07
>> > To: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Reminder: Freeze starts on 2014-01-24 (4
>> > days)
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Regarding the name, we could also continue with other famous
>> > cartographers -
>> > maybe someone from Latvia or England.
>> >
>> > Andreas
>> >
>> > Am 20.01.2014 18:48, schrieb Anita Graser:
>> >> Am 20.01.2014, 15:50 Uhr, schrieb Paolo Cavallini
>> >> <cavallini at faunalia.it>:
>> >>> question: do we *really* need a name? I think the good old days of
>> >>> pets & planets are gone, we can always have problem choosing a wrong
>> >>> name, and it will be increasingly difficult to find suitable ones.
>> >>
>> >> Well, we still have "Brighton" but I agree that we will probably run
>> >> out of suitable names with the new faster releases. I could certainly
>> >> live without release names.
>> >>
>> >> Best wishes,
>> >> Anita
>> >>
>> >>
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