[QGIS-Developer] Some thought on LTR

[matteo]

Hi Matthias,

> One the first principles of every of our developers is to try to avoid
> regressions. Whenever a QGIS developer writes code or reviews code,
> there is this process in the back of the head going on thinking "could
> this cause side effects?". Most of the times we are quite efficient in
> detecting side effects and if in doubt running some tests (manually or
> by adding unit tests) to check and adjust if required. This is what
> makes QGIS a rock solid piece of software (are you in doubt? Take QGIS
> 2.0 and QGIS 3.4 and perform some common GIS tasks). It's pretty awesome
> actually!

a good comparison is also Processing frawoek in 2.x and 3.x, steps made
are impressive.

> At the same time, let's not obstruct our view too much by outliers. In
> my opinion we are doing very well with what we have available and are
> overall heading in a good direction!

yes we are doing well QGIS :) I just would have raised a topic but I
understand that it is super easy to such a delicate topic to be
misinterpreted.
> 
> Let's rock on and make QGIS even better

:)

Matteo