[Qgis-psc] final countdown on the web site

[Matthias Kuhn]

It's very useful indeed, but I wouldn't mind having it on the roadmap page
instead of the main page.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:26 PM Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> wrote:

> I agree that it could be more beautiful, but personally I use that
> coutdown info on the front page very often, I find it incredibly useful.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, 13:51 Jürgen E. Fischer, <jef at norbit.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Denis,
>>
>> On Fri, 23. Oct 2020 at 13:24:45 +0200, Denis Rouzaud wrote:
>> > 1 the countdown is in minutes (not in days),
>>
>> On release day counting in days doesn't make much sense - and wouldn't
>> help to
>> tell wether 12 UTC is 13 or 14 o'clock either - which it does now.
>>
>> > I am expecting something to change when it reaches 0 (i.e. the download
>> link to appear*)
>>
>> It turned into "3.16 in packaging since 2020-10-23 12:00:00 UTC".
>> There's no fixed ETA for the packages to count down to.
>>
>>
>> > 2. the fact that it is frozen is a dev thing and has no reason to be on
>> the
>> >    front page
>> > 4. the text is barely readable (small)
>>
>> It just filling a little bit of otherwise white void with useful
>> information
>> for some.  On the main page cecause that's very easy to find, but small
>> because
>> it's only useful for some.
>>
>> I'll admit that it very simple and not a piece of art anytime.
>>
>>
>> > 3. the time until packaging is actually the same as the time until next
>> point
>> >    release
>>
>> Because we decided to not announce the release when it happens, but once
>> packages are available.  That's also why it says "in packaging" and
>> "released".
>> I sticked with "next release" though - and didn't come up with an less
>> awkward
>> version of "next date to enter packaging".
>>
>> Once the packaging is done, the version numbers are updated and the
>> countdown
>> output changes from the previously upcoming release to the next.
>>
>>
>> > A dev is more likely to look at the roadmap.
>>
>> Why would he?  The information on the front page is IMHO much easier to
>> find.
>> The roadmap is a bunch of clicks or a search away - if you don't have a
>> bookmark (which I still don't have).
>>
>>
>> Jürgen
>>
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