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

[David Signer]

I really like this suggestion. This would let users test version 4.2 early
and they could keep their own roadmap. They can even go live with it
already and get updates for a long time. And we can still call the LTR
stable when it is ready.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM Stefanos Natsis via QGIS-Developer <
qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> We could still have 4.2 as LTR, just aim for a (much) later release, like
> 4.2.8 or even later
> During these 6 (or more) months we can promote fixing 4.0/4.2
> bugs/regressions instead of (or in addition to) the paid bugfixing rounds.
> As usual, big part of the problem are the unreported bugs though...
>
> Best,
> Stefanos
>
> On Tue, 1 Sept 2026 at 15:45, Denis Rouzaud via QGIS-Developer <
> qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I misread Nyall's email. My personal take here would be that we
>> extend the next feature freeze to the required period to get the stability
>> required instead of adding new features.
>>
>> But in any case, the roadmap needs to be updated as soon as possible as
>> it still presents 4.2 as next LTR.
>>
>> Le mar. 1 sept. 2026 à 14:39, Jürgen E. Fischer via QGIS-Developer <
>> qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Tue, 25. Aug 2026 at 10:26:09 +1000, Nyall Dawson wrote:
>>> > On Mon, 24. Aug 2026 at 15:14:57 +0200, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote:
>>> > > On Fri, 21. Aug 2026 at 11:54:28 +1000, Nyall Dawson via
>>> QGIS-Developer wrote:
>>> > > > I don't think we're there yet for 4.2. 3.44 is a VERY solid
>>> release,
>>> > > > and I think we'd be doing our enterprise users a disservice by
>>> > > > officially promoting the idea that 4.4 is just as stable.
>>> > >
>>> > > So your suggestion is to removed the ltr-4_2 tag and continue 3.44
>>> as LTR for
>>> > > the forseeable future until there is a 4.x release that is close to
>>> the
>>> > > stability of 3.44?
>>> >
>>> > That's my feeling.
>>>
>>> > (I mean -- try opening a layout, selecting two items, and group ...
>>> > *CRASH*. This is the kind of fundamental issue I'm referring to when I
>>> > say 4.2 isn't a match for 3.44 for stability).
>>>
>>> On Tue, 01. Sep 2026 at 14:30:46 +0200, Denis Rouzaud wrote:
>>> > It looks like there is an agreement of having 4.4.x as the next LTR.
>>> > If so, can we adapt the roadmap https://qgis.org/resources/roadmap/
>>> > So we can communicate (since LTR is supposed to happen in 3 weeks!)
>>>
>>> It's not what Nyall suggested.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jürgen
>>>
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