[QGIS-Developer] Can I backport bugfix with UI updates and fixing QGIS Server regression

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi René

On 10/05/19 10:31, René-Luc Dhont wrote:
> Hi devs,
> 
> I am still waiting for a review about fixing 2 issues in printing for
> QGIS and QGIS Server 3.4 LTR. https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/9692
> 
> This PR wil fix an issue https://issues.qgis.org/issues/19500 `Layout
> export - raster divided into tiles, edges evident in pdf/svg`. This
> issue has been identifed in version 3.2 and has been fixed in 3.6.
> This PR will also fix a regression in QGIS Server `Printing selection in
> PDF and SVG`. The selection is already printed in image output.
> 
> The next LTR will be released in 10 mounths. QGIS Server 3.6, which
> already have the fix, is not available on Debian Stretch because it
> requires Qt 5.9 and Debian Buster will be freezed in 8 mounths. So the
> QGIS server regression will not be available since the end of 2019.
> 
> I will appreciate a decision about this fix. Do you think QGIS Server
> users have to wait for the next LTR or Debian Buster release ?

I believe it is very important to keep the LTR server in good shape, and
fix whatever is possible. Do you (or anybody else) have reasons to
suspect these fixes could be harmful or have side effects?
Cheers.

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