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

[Alessandro Pasotti]

+1 from me too

On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch> wrote:

> 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
>
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