[Qgis-psc] QEP Vote: QEP #4 - LTR

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Radim

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Radim Blazek <radim.blazek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> +1 for QEP4, how easy if I don't have to do backports
>
> From what I read in psc meeting log [1], QGIS 2.8 is going to become
> LTR without having allocated funds for bugfix backporting and without
> strong policy requiring developers to do backports?
>
>
​I agree with your sentiment but it is a chicken and egg thing - if we have
an LTR it will be easier to attract support for it that trying to solicit
funding for something that is just an idea.​



> "Developers will be invited to backport bug fixes to the stable
> branch" (QEP4 [2]) - is not sufficient IMO.
>
> "16:59 < alexbruy> if we will have LTR, we can try to adapt GRASS
> policy when developer that fixed bug should also backport it" [1] -
> was left without comments.
>
>
​Yes that would be a nice policy to encourage.

Regards

Tim​



> Radim
>
> [1]
> http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/PSC_Meeting_16_January_2015
> [2]
> https://github.com/timlinux/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/blob/master/QEP-4-QGIS_Long_Term_Releases.rst
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Can we do a vote on the long term release QEP.
> >>
> >> QEP is at
> >>
> https://github.com/timlinux/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/blob/master/QEP-4-QGIS_Long_Term_Releases.rst
> >>
> >> Vote on this mailing list.
> >
> >
> > +1 for QEP4
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Anita
> >
> >
> >
> >
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