[QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3.0 Soft Feature Freeze

[Mathieu Pellerin]

I'm -1 to label 3.0 a "beta" product. I'd argue that in many respects, 3.0
is a more stable and reliable product than 2.18.

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Bernd Vogelgesang <bernd.vogelgesang at gmx.de
> wrote:

> Am 02.01.2018, 23:39 Uhr, schrieb Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>:
>
>
>
>>> I think on balance I prefer option #2 as it will get more people using
>>> QGIS 3 - we must just be careful to tell people that it is ‘next-gen’ and
>>> that the LTR is still 2.18….
>>>
>>
>> Ok, let me re-word option 2 as:
>>
>> "2. Carefully manage release expectations, with detailed explanations
>> of known issues and regressions in the release notes. Stress in press
>> releases/release notes that 3.0 is a new major release and that the
>> QGIS team do not consider it a suitable replacement for the current
>> stable LTR release, and that it is highly recommended that
>> organisations do not replace their existing QGIS 2.x installations
>> before careful in-house testing and evaluation of its suitability for
>> their workplace. The next stable LTR QGIS release will be QGIS 3.2."
>>
>> Nyall
>>
>
> <voicefromthebackground>
>
> I like all your elaborated wordings, but couldn't you just brand 3.0 with
> a huge red BETA mark, and nearly everyone should know what this means:
> Evaluation: Yes!, Production: Maybe, on yout own risk.
>
> </voicefromthebackground>
>
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