[QGIS-Developer] Fwd: Re: [Qgis-psc] Feature freeze: Paid developer activities for QGIS 3.0

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi

On 11/03/2017 11:36 AM, Martin Dobias wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I agree with Régis. It would be useful to have the layouts instead of the
>> old composers in QGIS 3. It would be better than the other alternatives,
>> even if it would mean a further delay of the QGIS 3 release.
> Agreed as well. The alternatives are really much, much inferior
> solutions. Nyall's estimate that he would need two weeks to get
> layouts replace old composer code is not that much extra time to ask
> after having QGIS 3.0 in development for ~1.5 year. It would be a
> shame if we missed the opportunity to get rid of the old composer code
> before 3.0 -- especially after so many great cleanups in 3.0 API that
> have been done. The print layouts is not just an ordinary feature - it
> is a result of a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign and many
> weeks of development - and something we all look forward to :-)
>
> The stability of the new codebase is reasonable concern to have, but
> Nyall is well known for delivering high quality results, and we still
> have some weeks for bug fixing before the release - and also
> afterwards.

Count me +1 on these statements by Martin and Régis


>
>> We just have to think about the consequences. Personally, I would propose to
>> delay the QGIS 3 release again a bit, e.g. release later in December, just
>> before Christmas - because I do think that the bug fixing period, as it is
>> scheduled now is too short.
> That sounds sensible to me. Free copies of QGIS 3.0 as the Christmas
> present for everyone :-)

That sounds very sensible to me, I won't make yet another proposal to
keep the original date for a "beta" release ;-)

Matthias