[QGIS-ZA-user] Slowing down of the release cycle of QGIS

Wed Mar 27 00:44:12 PDT 2019

please don’t hijack threads - start a new thread for a new topic

> On 26 Mar 2019, at 17:45, Immo Blecher via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> Go to your processing Toolbox and click the "Options" button.There will be a "Menus" item with a button next to it saying "Reset to defaults". That should do the trick. This is a bug which I have noticed if you change something in the "Providers".
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Immo
> 
> On 2019/03/26 17:40, James Magidi via qgis-za-user wrote:
>> Hi Team
>> 
>> I am having a challenge with QGIS 3.6. I installed QGIS 3.6 and it was working perfectly well. Now my challenge is most of the menus that were under the Raster Menu just disappeared and I cant have access them. 
>> 
>> What can we do to solve this?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> James Magidi
>> 
>> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 at 13:19, Carlo Fourie via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
>> Good afternoon
>> 
>> Personally I agree with the sentiment and prefer less updates. 
>> 
>> Not sure if anyone else have issues with a fairly new release (3.4.4.), but QGIS is prone to crash more (especially when you quit - this is on a 64-bit Win 7 system) and the SCP plugin has lost some functionality (I'm getting error messages when performing accuracy assessment). 
>> 
>> I feel like the previous version might have been more stable. 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:51 AM admire via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
>> Hi all
>> 
>> The QGIS conference in Coruna has just completed and there has been a 
>> lot of issues discussed and one of the major sticking points was the 
>> release cycle overview. The Swiss user group requested
>> 
>> the slowing down of the release cycle from 3 times per year to 2 times 
>> per year. They cited the following reasons:
>> 
>> * QGIS has reached a level of maturity where there aren't so many 
>> featured missing to justify the fast release pace in order to allow 
>> missing features to reach users quickly.
>> 
>> * Many organizations can't keep up with the fast pace of QGIS release, 
>> meaning the many QGIS releases are tested by fewer people who live on 
>> the "cutting edge".
>> 
>> * It reduces the pressure on developers, release managers, documenters, 
>> packagers and system administration to roll out QGIS in their organizations.
>> 
>> * The time window for testing of new releases is really short, which 
>> results in often unusable 3.x.0 releases. In reality, many organizations 
>> have to wait for two or three bugfix releases until the major release 
>> becomes usable for them.
>> 
>> Another issue that was discussed was the difficulty of users upgrading 
>> the point releases, especially for windows. A typical example being the 
>> LTR version where users would install 2.18.0 and maintain this until 
>> migrating to the next LTR version whilst the 2.18.x went all the way to 
>> 2.18.21
>> 
>> What is your take on the issues listed above?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Admire
>> _______________________________________________
>> qgis-za-user mailing list
>> qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-za-user <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-za-user>
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Carlo Fourie | GIS Practitioner/Geologist
>> Cell: +27(0)72 376 7343
>> _______________________________________________
>> qgis-za-user mailing list
>> qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-za-user <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-za-user>
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> qgis-za-user mailing list
>> qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-za-user <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-za-user>
> -- 
> Immo F. Blecher
> Street: 36 Saffraan Ave., Die Boord, Stellenbosch, 7613, South Africa
> Postal: PO Box 74, Lynedoch, 7603, South Africa
> Cell: +27 83 272 6791 | Fax: +27 86 736 3302 Email: immo at blecher.co.za <mailto:immo at blecher.co.za> | immob19 at gmail.com <mailto:immob19 at gmail.com> | immob at mymtnmail.co.za <mailto:immob at mymtnmail.co.za>
> Internet: http://www.blecher.co.za/ <http://www.blecher.co.za/>Contact me:   immob19 at gmail.com <mailto:immob19 at gmail.com>  immoblecher
>  <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/immo-blecher/30/414/b8>
> 	
> Please consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail message, ask yourself whether you really need a hard copy.
> 
> IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> qgis-za-user mailing list
> qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-za-user

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-za-user/attachments/20190327/ba8b7c00/attachment-0001.html>