[Qgis-psc] Discussing LTR Update frequency

[Denis Rouzaud]

Isn't there a misunderstanding when the release actually becomes LTR?

I would have thought that there is 1 release per month for the first 3
months, and then, when it turns LTR and from this time only every 3 months?

Le sam. 20 nov. 2021 à 09:55, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> a
écrit :

> Dear PSC colleagues and core devs,
>
> We have discussed to reduce the update frequency of the LTR release at the
> last meeting. I think everybody sort of agreed to reduce the nr of releases
> in the light of starting manual testing prior to release.
>
> Marco announced that on a mail to the QGIS users mailing list:
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2021-November/050232.html
>
> BUT: i don't remember that we came to a final decision/conclusion on how
> often to really release. I have doubts that the fixed quarterly releases
> are a good idea, because of the following:
>
> - in the first few months of the lifetime of an LTR there are typically
> way more issues discovered than later. I think that the beginning of an LTR
> we need a denser release schedule than just quarterly
>
> - we have a quarantine rule that backports that go into the regular
> release can only go into the LTR release after one month of quarantine in
> the regular release. This can further delay important backports in the
> light of only releasing LTR updates quarterly.
>
> I would like to discuss whether we could have some schedule that starts a
> bit denser at the beginning and then thins out later in the lifetime of an
> LTR.
>
> E.g. something like:
>
> LTR-Release:and releases 1, 2, 4,6,9,12 months after the release.
>
> I know this is a bit more complicated to handle, but I believe it ŵould be
> more useful for the users.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Andreas
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