[QGIS-Developer] Feature freeze vs the growing PR queue...

[G. Allegri]

My two cents, I also agree with option 2. PRs affecting the API brekage
should be included.
I guess the first round of QGIS3 won't be without issues. I tell my
customers to wait at lear some minor release before moving to it! :)

giovanni

Il 24 ott 2017 8:36 AM, "Richard Duivenvoorde" <rdmailings at duif.net> ha
scritto:

> On 24-10-17 00:33, Nyall Dawson wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just wanted to raise discussion about what we should do regarding the
> > 100+ open PRs currently sitting in the request queue, especially with
> > regards to the looming freeze.
> >
> > I can see two options:
> >
> > 1. freeze = freeze, no exceptions. But then we run the risk of people
> > merging PRs and commits prematurely without full peer review just to
> > get them in for 3.0 (it becomes a rush of "quick merge in whatever
> > state because it's a cool feature!!). Or alternatively we may miss
> > open PRs which are important (crucial?) to have in place for 3.0 (e.g.
> > processing SAGA/GRASS providers, Nathan's settings migrations, etc).
> >
> > 2. Allow open PRs to be merged after freeze on a case-by-case basis,
> > up to a suitable cut-off date (when?).
>
> Yep, my preference would be *2* too,
> in combination with further cleanup.
>
> But I also think we need to start working on stability. I try to use
> both version in daily testing/work, and QGIS3 is at this moment more
> crashing to end a session, then being stopped by me :-(
> So I think we really need to work/test before being able to release a
> stable version....
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
>
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