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

[Denis Rouzaud]

+1 from me too!
(I've been concerned by the release postpone quite some time, but having it
2 weeks or just before Christmas, won't be a huge change for organizations)

Le ven. 3 nov. 2017 à 12:08, Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> +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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