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

[Nyall Dawson]

On Fri, 10 May 2019 at 18:31, René-Luc Dhont <rldhont at gmail.com> 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'm still uncomfortable with the potential risk this has of breaking
layout export in 3.4 for desktop users. So I'm not going to approve
the backport, but if another dev is willing to take on this risk and
approve the backport then I won't stand in the way.

Nyall

>
> Reagrds,
> René-Luc
>
> Le 19/04/2019 à 09:34, René-Luc Dhont a écrit :
> > Hi devs,
> >
> > I have cherry-picked the changes
> >
> > I have tested it without regressions or issues.
> >
> > Now I need some review to merge and fix 2 issues.
> > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/9692
> >
> > Regards,
> > René-Luc
> >
> > Le 17/04/2019 à 14:18, René-Luc Dhont a écrit :
> >> Hi devs,
> >>
> >> Thanks Paolo for your agreement.
> >>
> >> I'd like to fix the QGIS Sever regression before friday and the
> >> version 3.4.7 released.
> >>
> >> So I'd like to have other point of view  about backporting :
> >> [needs-docs][layouts] Add checkbox to disable raster tiling for
> >> PDF/SVG exports https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/9016
> >> and finalizing Fix regression server print selection pdf release 3.4
> >> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/9692
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> René-Luc
> >>
> >> Le 12/04/2019 à 12:06, Paolo Cavallini a écrit :
> >>> Hi René,
> >>>
> >>> On 12/04/19 12:05, René-Luc Dhont wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I would like to know if I can backport all the commits made by
> >>>> Nyall to
> >>>> fix issue 19500 even if it updates the User Interface ?
> >>> +1 from my side, but obviously Nyall has the final word on this.
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
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