[Qgis-psc] Discussing LTR Update frequency

[Marco Bernasocchi]

hi Andreas
my understanding, and sorry for not having it communicated clearly, is that
we agreed that .0, .1, .2 and .3 are monthly releases as usual. the
quarterly cycle would kick in after that.

@psc do I remember wrongly?

cheers Marco

On Sun, 21 Nov 2021, 12:42 Andreas Neumann, <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:

> Right,
>
> If we treat the new LTR release like a "regular" release in the beginning,
> with monthly updates, my concerns are void. Also, if we can release extra
> versions in case of a severe issues, like Nyall suggested.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andreas
>
> On 2021-11-20 21:14, Denis Rouzaud wrote:
>
> 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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