[Ubuntu] Moving Xenial packages to Stable ppa

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Just a reminder, there are also "snapshots" of the UbuntuGIS ppa, e.g. 
for Xenial the OSGeoLive 11.0 ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~osgeolive/+archive/ubuntu/release-11.0

On 5/15/19 7:26 PM, Alex M wrote:
> On 5/15/19 09:22, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>> 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
>>
> Correct, no one on 2.x expects fixes. We just expect to be able to
> continue using, and therefore installing 2.x with ubuntugis deps (gdal)
> until the time that 3 can completely be used instead.
>
> I recommend we keep 2.x stable for Xenial for a few more months.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
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