[Qgis-user] Thoughts on QGIS Development and LTR Releases

[Alexandre Neto]

Hello Iain,

Please notice that LTR versions last for 12 months already. We are now
starting a new cycle with 3.10 as LTR and 3.4 receives patch during the
last year. Meanwhile, there has been some discussion about making the LTR
last for 2 years.

Regarding documentation, as you said, it's volunteer work. And because our
lovely developers never stop adding new features, it's really hard to keep
up and we end up delaying the LTR documentation release for some time. I
suggest you try using the QGIS testing documentation for now as we are
still trying to catch up with all the work done since 3.4 (including some
features from 3.10). We still have a bunch of features to document, but we
should be releasing Documentation for 3.10 soon.

https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/

Best regards,

Alexandre Neto

On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 9:56 PM <Iain at jcis.net.au> wrote:

> Maybe because I am an archaeologist, but I have always thought that Long
> Term is a bit longer than a few months. In practical terms running QGIS in
> an organisation you want the stability of LTR for at least 12 months so
> that people can be trained and comfortable in using QGIS. I have found that
> the documentation and training materials do not keep up with the changes
> and as a new started it is disconcerting to follow the documentation and
> see a totally different screen when doing one of the steps. Having the
> stability of the LTR allows for training and documentation to keep up
> (especially since this is a voluntary effort) and for users who are using
> QGIS as a tool simply to get on with their work.
>
>
>
> I would vote for a LRT being defined as not changed for 12 months.
>
>
>
> I would disagree with the point that ArcGIS is better documented than
> QGIS. My experience with my project team is that they found the various
> videos and training in QGIS enough to get them going from scratch (i.e.
> what is this you are doing?) to doing professional maps and limited
> analysis in QGIS in about a fortnight. I think that the variety of
> documentation also helps.
>
>
>
> I would also note that although ArcGIS Desktop is updated on a regular
> basis I have absolutely no idea what actually changes except that I loose
> all my setups and styles with every upgrade. I suspect most of the ESRI
> love goes elsewhere or the changes are in the various very expensive
> addons.
>
>
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