[Qgis-psc] Formal request to extend LTR life span to two years
Tim Sutton
tim at kartoza.com
Thu Feb 6 06:13:33 PST 2020
Hi
> On 6 Feb 2020, at 10:23, Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org> wrote:
>
> Hi PSC,
>
> My current employer, Kanton of Solothurn, gave me the task to submit a formal request to PSC for the extension of the life span of the LTR version from one year to two years.
>
> Hence I am submitting this request now and would like to open the discussion (again). I know we had this discussion before and it was rejected due to limited resources.
>
> A little bit of background: Kanton of Solothurn was one of the first customers of Sourcepole and back then, way before there was an LTR version, was one of the reasons why QGIS enterprise was introduced, because QGIS did not offer and LTR version back then and Kanton Solothurn needed longer life spans of QGIS versions and more stability and long-term support. Meanwhile, and mainly because QGIS now has an LTR version, Kanton Solothurn migrated back to QGIS 3.4 on the Desktop, with the plan to introduce QGIS 3.10 plus/minus around summer 2020. The other reason why we moved back from QGIS Enterprise to QGIS community version, was the fact that QGIS enterprise wasn't able to catch up feature wise (of course) but also bug fix wise with the main QGIS version. Again, the decision of QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> to regularly run funded bug-fix efforts with each QGIS release, re-introduced a lot of confidence towards returning to the QGIS main community version.
>
> The reality is, that by the time we introduce a new LTR version, half of the life-span of said version is already gone, which leaves us with half a year of support when we change to a new LT version.
>
> Now, I'd like to find out under which circumstances QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> would be willing to officially support QGIS LTR version for 2 years. I know that the last time I brought up this topic, it was rejected with the argument of limited resources of QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/>. But what if QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> would have more resources? Would you still reject that request?
>
> Follow up question: if QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> would support an extension of the life span of an LTR for 2 years, would QGIS have to maintain overlapping LT versions in parallel, because we release a new LTR version every year, or would we rather also release fewer LTR versions, e.g. an LTR only every second year?
>
I would rather propose to release a new LTR every 2 years, I think users will be confused having overlapping LTR versions and managing workflows for all the different ‘in the wild’ will be arduous. I’m also +1 for making the LTR’s last two years.
Regards
Tim
> Thank you - again - for discussing this issue with us.
>
> Andreas
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