[Qgis-psc] Possible funding for devs to begin Qt5/Python 3.0 port?

[Nyall Dawson]

Hi PSC,

Discussion is ramping up on the dev list and on
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/24 regarding
the timeline for the Qt5/Python 3.0 transition.

I'm writing to PSC to start discussion about whether QGIS org would be
able to sponsor some work to allow this transition to occur. It's a
considerable/difficult/thankless task and requires quite specialised
knowledge, and without sponsorship I can't see this work happening
quickly.

My recommendation (from a dev's POV) would be that both Matthias and
Jürgen would be ideal candidates for this (given their demonstrated
experience/knowledge with the required work). Jürgen for the work
required in preparing the Windows dependencies for the OSGEO4W builds,
and Matthias for the work required in transitioning the main codebase
to Qt5 exclusive builds and for moving Travis CI builds to this setup
too. Possibly funding for OSX packaging (Larry/William?) and Python
3.0 transition (maybe Nathan would be a good candidate for this?)
could also be explored.

Could this be discussed amongst PSC members and a decision relayed so
that we can take this into account while planning for the transition
timeline?

Thanks!

Nyall