It's a little late to add to this discussion, but I strongly support a 1.8 release, especially in light of the eminent API changes.
I love the new Browser dock window, and would like to see it in a stable version. regards, Etienne On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Tim Sutton <li...@linfiniti.com> wrote: > Hi Alex > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Alexander Bruy > <alexander.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Tim, >> >> so from now we should backport fixes only into 1.8 branch? Or 1.7.2 >> also will be released? >> > > So the plan is this: > > - Werner Macho will maintain 1.7.x branch until 1.8 comes out (which > will take probably around a month) > - Once 1.8 comes out Werner will do the point release maintenance and > I will focus on 1.9.99 beta releases leading up to QGIS 2.0 > > So when 1.8 is out, just backport to the release-1_8 branch, the > releases will then be branched from there to release-1_8_1 > > Hope that makes sense. > > Regards > > Tim > > >> 2011/11/12 Tim Sutton <li...@linfiniti.com>: >>> >>> Ok so I am going to branch 1.8 tonight and try to release it when I >>> get back to South Africa (I will post the release timetable only >>> then). Feel free to backport anything useful into 1.8 until we hit >>> feature freeze. That will free us up to start taking things apart a >>> little on master. >> >> Thanks >> -- >> Alexander Bruy >> > > > > -- > Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) > ============================================== > Please do not email me off-list with technical > support questions. Using the lists will gain > more exposure for your issues and the knowledge > surrounding your issue will be shared with all. > > Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: > * QGIS programming and support services > * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans > * FOSS Consulting Services > Skype: timlinux > Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > ============================================== > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer