Are you aware of QEP3? Please read Tim's suggestion. There are good reasons for this stable 4 month cycle at exactly the current release times of the year.
Best wishes Anita On Nov 10, 2014 5:57 AM, "Geo DrinX" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes yes yes. > > +1 > > but also +999 :) > > > Roberto > > 2014-11-10 2:27 GMT+01:00 Mathieu Pellerin <[email protected]>: > >> Guys, >> >> The recent thread Nyall kick-started with his “QGIS 3.0?” email got me >> to think about the eternal stability vs. development dilemma it >> (re-)exposed through the conversation. >> >> More specifically, it got me to brainstorm on the best way forward for >> QGIS at this juncture and whether there's a way to accommodate both the >> folks calling for a 2.8 LTS version, and others in need for space to >> further develop and expand QGIS' capability. >> >> And, I might just have found a way to do so. Here's the proposal, in a >> couple of points: >> >> - We make the 2.8 development cycle “fix and refinement”-only, and reduce >> the cycle's length to 6 to 8 weeks; >> - The reduced cycle will help everyone's focus on the above goal; >> - We append the freed 8-10 weeks to the subsequent development cycle, >> which would become QGIS 3.0; >> - The expanded cycle will help give space to develop some of the exciting >> features being cooked by developers (Nyall's Layouts, Marco's Geometry >> redesign, etc.) and bulletproof those. >> >> This, IMHO, caters to both groups demanding stability and space for >> development. It doesn't discourage or delay too much the grand scheme >> changes, and pushes out a 2.8 version focused on stability through a >> shorter cycle focusing on delivering a perfected tool. >> >> The above proposal does require a momentary lapse of the nice 4-month >> release cycle rhythm which the QGIS has successfully maintained for three >> releases now. But, it might actually be what's needed at this very time. >> Plus, the length of the two cycles stays the same, 8 months. >> >> Comments? I'm obviously particularly interested in what Jürgen has to say >> :) >> >> Cheers >> >> Math >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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