[Qgis-psc] [QGIS-Developer] Feature freeze: Paid developer activities for QGIS 3.0

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

> On 02 Nov 2017, at 14:08, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear PSC and core devs,
> 
> There is this ongoing discussion whether we could grant an exception to the feature freeze for Nyalls code around layouts (composer replacement) in QGIS 3.
> 
> @PSC: can we please have a quick decision on this issue?
> 
> 

Lets defer first to Jürgen as release manager on this.
> @core-devs: since this is also a technical decision with technical impacts could you core devs please speak up with your opinion if you would like to make an exception for Nyalls layout code, so that it can land in QGIS 3.0
> 
> 

My5c: Shipping without the composer python API for QGIS 3.0 is going to pretty disappointing for any authors who rely on it to do printing with their plugins.
> @Nyall: can you estimate when your API-relevant changes would be stable enough to be merged into master?
> 
> Personally, I trust Nyall, that if he thinks this could be mature enough to land in master within the next couple of days (say e.g. mid November), that I would agree to this exception.
> 
> @Tim: do you think that we need a Loomio vote for this? If yes, can you set one up?
> 
> 
> 
Yes I can set one up but lets first ask Jürgen to comment / say whether he has (other than the position he has already stated) any technical reasons why its not viable to do this?

Regards

Tim


> Thanks for your replies (PSC and core devs),
> 
> Andreas
> 
> On 2017-11-02 13:00, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> 
>> Before we make this call I think we need to strongly consider Nyalls layout work. I has major impacts if we have to hold onto the old code for all of 3.0.
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu., 2 Nov. 2017, 9:58 pm Tom Chadwin, <tom.chadwin at nnpa.org.uk <mailto:tom.chadwin at nnpa.org.uk>> wrote:
>> Thanks, Andreas. It might be worth a PSC member or core dev just posting that
>> to this list: "plugin devs, go!"
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>> 
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