[Qgis-psc] final countdown on the web site

[Tim Sutton]

Why don't we put it in the footer then we can see it from any page and it
will be out of the way...?

Regards

Tim

On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 5:03 PM Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch> wrote:

> 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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