[QGIS-Developer] Fwd: Urgent: Remove windows 3.10.2 installer from site

Fri Jan 24 00:47:59 PST 2020

I can do it.

Regards,
Anita

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:15 AM Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jürgen, thanks for the successful re-release of 3.10.2.
>
> Paolo, Anita, who is in a position to publish the drafted post on the blog?
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 10:59 Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 to that plan. We're 33% done already since the blocking PR has been
>> merged.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 6:47 PM Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> How about
>>>
>>> - Waiting for https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/33971
>>>
>>> - Releasing 3.10.3
>>>
>>> - Announce on twitter, blog, news panel
>>>
>>> Clear cut for everyone (including those 95% of our users not following
>>> [qgis on] twitter)
>>>
>>> Matthias
>>> On 1/22/20 12:39 PM, Anita Graser wrote:
>>>
>>> Is it time to send an update on Twitter yet? I don't see new installers
>>> at https://qgis.org/downloads/
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Anita
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 11:08 AM Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think the QGIS twitter account already mentioned that the 3.10.2
>>>> installer had been retired due to issues and re-build.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 5:07 PM DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Mathieu. Should it be 3.10.2 or 3.10.3? Asking because those
>>>>> who have already downloaded the broken 3.10.2 may not think to update.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Harrissou
>>>>>
>>>>> Le mer. 22 janv. 2020 à 11:05, Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com>
>>>>> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>> Matthias,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good idea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Math
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 5:02 PM Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Mathieu,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks a lot. It reads very well!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Something that I'd like to add is that in case of still finding a
>>>>>>> bug, users should file issues and to mention proximity of LTR replacement.
>>>>>>> If you still happen to find QGIS behaving in an unexpected way,
>>>>>>> please let us know on https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues
>>>>>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1579773605204000&usg=AFQjCNHP21SO7MPYwrn023vHOeZwMUBKuQ>
>>>>>>> as always. We are very happy that QGIS 3.10 is now in shape to replace 3.4
>>>>>>> as LTR in a month time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bests
>>>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/22/20 10:58 AM, Mathieu Pellerin wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paolo, here's the draft blog post:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Public Service Announcement: Update to the latest point release now*
>>>>>>> ------
>>>>>>> QGIS users who have adopted the 3.10 version when initially released
>>>>>>> at the end of October 2019 have likely noticed a sharp drop in reliability.
>>>>>>> The underlying issues have now been addressed in 3.10.2, all users are
>>>>>>> advised to update *now*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When QGIS 3.10 was first released in the end of October 2019, a pair
>>>>>>> of libraries – namely GDAL and PROJ – were updated to their next-generation
>>>>>>> versions. The advantages are plenty: GeoPDF export[1] support, more
>>>>>>> accurate coordinate transformation, etc. For those interested, more
>>>>>>> technical information on this is available here[2].
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The update of these crucial libraries led to a number of
>>>>>>> regressions. While we expected some issues to arise, the seriousness of the
>>>>>>> disruption caught us off guard. Yet, it was also somewhat inevitable: QGIS
>>>>>>> is the first large GIS project to expose these next-generation libraries to
>>>>>>> the masses. The large number of QGIS users across the globe were
>>>>>>> essentially stress testing both new code within QGIS as well as the
>>>>>>> libraries themselves.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks to dedicated users taking time to file in report and the
>>>>>>> community helping out as well as our project sponsors for allowing us to
>>>>>>> fund development time, developers have been able to fix all known
>>>>>>> regressions in both in QGIS as well as underlying GDAL and PROJ libraries,
>>>>>>> benefiting a large number of open source projects.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As a result of this collective effort by the community, QGIS 3.10.2
>>>>>>> is now back to being the reliable and stable GIS software we all love. As
>>>>>>> such, we cannot stress enough the important of updating now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Once again, thanks to our community of testers, sponsors, and
>>>>>>> developers for their countless hours and efforts in making QGIS better.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Happy mapping!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] https://north-road.com/2019/09/03/qgis-3-10-loves-geopdf/
>>>>>>> [2] https://gdalbarn.com/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 9:56 AM Paolo Cavallini <
>>>>>>> cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fully agreed. Mathieu, would you like to write it?
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 21 January 2020 06:39:08 GMT+04:00, Mathieu Pellerin <
>>>>>>>> nirvn.asia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> +100 on all that's been said here.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, once 3.10.2 is updated to include the updated packages &
>>>>>>>>> above-referred fix, I'd suggest writing a QGIS.org blog post to inform
>>>>>>>>> users of the worthiness of updating to 3.10.2(.2) *ASAP*, and expand a bit
>>>>>>>>> on why 3.10.0/.1 were such rough releases. We can finish the post by
>>>>>>>>> thanking users that have reported bugs (an inevitable nightmare to go
>>>>>>>>> through as QGIS was exposing brand new GDAL3/PROJ6 versions to the masses).
>>>>>>>>> IMHO, we should not skip this communication to our users.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 7:27 AM Nyall Dawson <
>>>>>>>>> nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Also, we better wait for a fix for
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/33902 (incoming)...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gosh, will the nightmare ever end... Let's agree never to change
>>>>>>>>>> anything in gdal or proj or qgis ever again ;)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nyall
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>>>>>>>> From: Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 06:28
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Urgent: Remove windows 3.10.2 installer from site
>>>>>>>>>> To: qgis-developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can we please remove the 3.10.2 installer from the website as a
>>>>>>>>>> matter
>>>>>>>>>> of urgency? This installer was released using the older gdal
>>>>>>>>>> 3.0.2 and
>>>>>>>>>> proj 6.2 versions, which directly lead to crashes and reprojection
>>>>>>>>>> failures in QGIS.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> QGIS ********************SHOULD NEVER EVER***********************
>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>> used with gdal >= 3 and gdal < 3.0.3 or proj >6 and proj < 6.3.0.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This combination is a world of hurt for users :(
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Tickets filed at https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/618, and
>>>>>>>>>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/617, and later today I'm
>>>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>>>> to commit cmake blocks which will completely prevent compilation
>>>>>>>>>> under
>>>>>>>>>> the affected gdal/proj versions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nyall
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>>>>>>>>
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