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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">If I may make a request,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">If it is decided to move forward with 4.2 to become the next LTR, could we add a new item in the OSGeo4W Network installer for qgis-3-ltr?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">This so that we don’t loose access to 3.44 LTR when the 4.x LTR is eventually released.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">The missing HTML frame support in QGIS 4 is currently the blocker for us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#3E93CD">Ethan Snyder</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#3E93CD"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Senior GIS/GPS Technician & Software Engineer</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#3E93CD"><a href="mailto:ethan.snyder@rve.com"><span style="color:#3E93CD">ethan.snyder@rve.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#71B849"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> David Signer <david@opengis.ch>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 20, 2026 6:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Denis Rouzaud <denis.rouzaud@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> QGIS PSC <qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org>; qgis-developer <qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [QGIS-Developer] [Qgis-psc] Next 4.x LTR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thanks, Denis, for raising this topic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I understand the considerations publishing 4.2 as LTR. But I believe many users would be disappointed by another rescheduling. They have been waiting quite a while for a release with more than 4 months of support, especially since we already
rescheduled release 4.0. For most of them, an LTR is nothing else than a release that gets longer support.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, we would need to make it clear that e.g. HTML support is not provided and that moving from 3 to 4 is a big step that carries some risks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I just wanted to point this out. Anyway I'm open to being convinced that a reschedule is really necessary. Thanks anyway and cheers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Dave<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 11:22<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM Denis Rouzaud via QGIS-PSC <<a href="mailto:qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear PSC, dear Devs,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On the release schedule, the next LTR still targets 4.2.4 in October.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Two things to consider from <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/377" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/377</a>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- HTML print layout support is targeted for 4.4 (which is/seems to be a big blocker, requiring a backport)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- The stability of 4.2 is questioned<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I also feel that we could wait for 4.4 to do a LTR but the timing is getting critical. "Enterprise" users are wondering what is the current status, and we don't have a clear answer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I believe it would be the right time to take a decision on this? So we can tell users a bit more in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Or is the decision already taken to stick to the plan?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A related matter is the following question of keeping backports to 3.44.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Denis<o:p></o:p></p>
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