Hello On 01/05/2017 11:57 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote: > On 6 January 2017 at 03:43, Tom Chadwin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello all >> >> Amazing work going on for QGIS3 - I'm in awe of you all (as always). >> >> I've been getting more and more nervous about how easy it will be to convert >> my plugin, so yesterday I started to have a go. With lots of help from >> Matthias (huge thanks, as ever!), I got a good way through the process. I >> think I can now do it. I certainly don't feel so nervous. >> >> However, Nyall pointed out that there is still a lot of change to come to >> the API. I'm happy to abandon the work I've done so far, as it has achieved >> its aim of getting me familiar with what the job will entail. >> >> So, my question is, when would be the best time to start the actual >> conversion of our plugins? Is there going to be an obvious time in QGIS3 >> development for this to happen? Can it be announced on the list? > > I'd say just before/after feature freeze. There's still some very > large API changes in store, eg Martin's current refactoring of the > project and map layers will likely have large impact on your plugin, > and I'd hate to see you have to "port twice". By the time feature > freeze comes into play the large API changes will all have been locked > in (or have to wait till 4.0!).
What would be nice is if we had the next hackfest just before the planned feature freeze. So we could discuss in person if there's a reason to postpone feature freeze by a couple of days/weeks. Something like: * hackfest mid-april * feature freeze May 1 * release July 1 How does that sound to you? Matthias _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
