[Qgis-psc] [QGIS-Developer] Next 4.x LTR

[Jürgen E. Fischer]

Hi Denis,

On Thu, 20. Aug 2026 at 11:22:04 +0200, Denis Rouzaud via QGIS-Developer wrote:
> On the release schedule, the next LTR still targets 4.2.4 in October.

Well, actually that's already done.  The branch is what is LTR and that's
release-4_2 with the ltr-4_2 tag.  So rescheduling would at least mean to
remove that tag (and AFAIK everyone who already pulled it, would have to delete
it manually).

That the new LTR doesn't get instantantly to the LTR repos is just because the
repos get an update all four weeks and while the new ltr is still the latest
release, we would have only one release to feed to both.   Therefore the
previous ltr release is still put into the ltr package repos, while the new ltr
release that is also the latest release goes into the other repos.  The ltr
enters the ltr repos once there's a new release.  That way both repos get
continuous updates and following the ltr repos gives you a new ltr only after
it has been around for a while.

But in my view the LTR started with the branch and gets more stability just
because it's longer maintained.


Jürgen

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