[Qgis-psc] Proposal to support multi-threaded development

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Tim,

The discussion was around 20k Euro. So if qgis-ch can pay 5k and the 
QGIS international project can pay 5k there are still 10k to cover. If 
you have the opportunity to come up with additional funding it would be 
great.

I don't know if Martin Dobias, Peter Wells or Saber are following this 
discussion. I hope they do. I invited them to join this PSC mailinglist.

Andreas

Am 2013-11-25 15:35, schrieb Tim Sutton:
> Hi Andreas
> 
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi PSC,
>> 
>> In October Peter and Saber proposed a project to work on the
>> multi-threaded rendering. The new Vector API (which was also
>> co-funded
>> by the QGIS user group in Switzerland) was the preparation for this
>> follow-up work. The development work on the multi-threaded
>> rendering
>> would be carried out by Martin Dobias.
>> 
>> Lutra Consulting, the current employer of Martin, is looking to
>> raise
>> Euro 20k for this project. The QGIS user group pays CHF 3000.- this
>> year
>> and will most likely pay a similar amount again next year.
>> 
>> I am asking the PSC that the international QGIS project is also
>> co-funding this project, perhaps with approx. Euro 5k.
>> 
>> Marco Hugentobler worked on multi-threaded rendering in QGIS
>> enterprise
>> (based on the 1.9x branch). Horst demoed this version at the recent
>> QGIS
>> CH coordination meeting. It looks very promising as it does not
>> block
>> the UI. Users can navigate to a different extent while QGIS is
>> still
>> rendering. QGIS would then cancel the old render threads and start
>> with
>> the new threads. But this work is not compatible with the 2.x
>> development branch. However, it shows the potential of threaded
>> rendering.
>> 
>> What is the opinion of the PSC? Can the international group co-fund
>> this
>> initiative?
> 
> We *may* be able to get some funding to support this - how much money
> do you still need (assuming QGIS.org supports it to with the 5k you
> requested)?
> 
> +1 for QGIS.org to contribute towards this if we have the funds - it
> will be a valuable step forward for QGIS.
> 
> We should also factor in some support time for inevitable issues that
> may arise down the line.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
>  
> 
>> Andreas
>> 
>> PS: see also discussion started here -
>> 
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2013-October/029066.html
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