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

[Alexander Bruy]

+1 from me too

2017-11-03 12:44 GMT+02:00 Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch>:
> 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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Alexander Bruy