[QGIS-Developer] [Qgis-psc] QGIS 2.18 EOL approaching?

[Nyall Dawson]

On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 at 18:42, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:

> From another standpoint, we still have 102 Q3 regressions:
> https://issues.qgis.org/projects/qgis/issues?query_id=27
> From a quick scroll, I suspect at least some of them are not
> particularly relevant, but a thorough analysis is needed.

Yeah, a quick flick through revealed a very mixed lot -- many sound
familiar and likely have already been fixed, some I know are still
outstanding, and many waiting feedback for too long and should be just
closed.

I guess my question is (if we do delay the 2.x EOL as a result of
these) is how many regressions are "acceptable" before EOL? We'll
never get this to 0 -- there's been too many "by design" changes to
make a zero regression target feasible (See obligatory xkcd ref:
https://xkcd.com/1172/).

> I'm not sure whether it will be acceptable for our users to release an
> LTR with these regression, but this could be a way of putting pressure
> on donors to help us fix them.

Big +1 to this. If I'm being blunt, I think if a bug is a blocker to
an organisation moving to 3.4, it's ultimately going to sit with them
to get it fixed (or to sponsor QGIS and support the funded bug hunts).
(Or, perhaps, in the case of regressions in features an organisation
originally funded -- it's their responsibility to put pressure on the
original developer they paid for the feature to fix it and protect it
with suitable unit tests -- but that's between them and their original
developer).

Nyall

> A big +1 for the blog post.
> All the best.
> --
> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
> QGIS.ORG Chair:
> http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/