[Ubuntu] Moving Xenial packages to Stable ppa

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

On 5/15/19 6:09 PM, Alex M wrote:
> On 5/15/19 02:02, Bas Couwenberg wrote:
>> On 2019-05-15 10:53, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>> Wondering if we should keep QGIS 2.x in the stable ppa or move to 3.x
>>
>> QGIS 2.x is EOL, so 3.x is preferred.
> 
> As long as there is still a repo that has 2.x for Xenial, does QGIS.org
> still have this? There are still workflows that break under 3.x, getting
> fewer every day but I know my lab is still in transition between due to
> missing features and regressions in 3.

These exist, but unsure for how long:

 https://qgis.org/ubuntu-ltr-2.18/
 https://qgis.org/ubuntugis-ltr-2.18/

> Seems 3.x LTS in Unstable, latest release from QGIS.org, and 2.x in
> Stable would keep all options open.

As long as those stable users understand that they are on their own in
case of issues, they cannot rely on us or upstream for fixes.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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