[Qgis-developer] QEP - Proposal for QGIS 3.0 after 2.14

[Nathan Woodrow]

+1

Tim can I get a vote for QEP 29 setup on the platform we are using please. (
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/29)

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 7:04 AM, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 25 October 2015 at 22:03, Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/25/2015 08:23 AM, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> >>
> >> Of course we can develop it without breaking anything if done in a
> >> branch.  But having a plan around all this is the point of all this I
> >> think just so we are all on the same page
> >>
> >>
> >
> > We do (most likely) not need to keep it in a separate branch. Just like
> > we do not have a Qt5 branch. It's all in master.
> >
> > My point is:
> >
> > If we think about taking the step towards QGIS 3 with py3 and pyqt5
> > anytime soon, then the first steps are clear anyway. And probably not
> > even too hard.
> >
> > Having a plan is good. Having a plan based on solid knowledge is better.
> >
>
>
> I'd like to get this discussion moving again, since timing is critical.
>
> What I see as the way forward:
>
> - Get PSC to vote on and accept
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/29 . Needs
> to be done ASAP so that we're all agreed that 2.14 is the last 2.0
> series release.
>
> - Decide on the timing for 3.0. Specifically, will the normal
> scheduled release after 2.14 be skipped to allow for a longer
> development cycle for 3.0. Regarding this, my opinion is that we NEED
> the longer cycle to allow room for the (non Qt5/python 3.0) related
> changes which we can ONLY make for an API breaking release. There's
> already a long list at https://github.com/qgis/qgis3.0_api/issues, and
> I suspect this is only scratching the surface. Without sufficient time
> for devs to address these API related issues we'll be stuck with the
> limitations of the current API for another 2-3 years.
>
> Anyway, can we please lock in point 1 above so that we can move the
> discussion on to timing?
>
> Nyall
>
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