Hi On 11/03/2017 11:36 AM, Martin Dobias wrote: > Hi > > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Andreas Neumann <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I agree with Régis. It would be useful to have the layouts instead of the >> old composers in QGIS 3. It would be better than the other alternatives, >> even if it would mean a further delay of the QGIS 3 release. > Agreed as well. The alternatives are really much, much inferior > solutions. Nyall's estimate that he would need two weeks to get > layouts replace old composer code is not that much extra time to ask > after having QGIS 3.0 in development for ~1.5 year. It would be a > shame if we missed the opportunity to get rid of the old composer code > before 3.0 -- especially after so many great cleanups in 3.0 API that > have been done. The print layouts is not just an ordinary feature - it > is a result of a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign and many > weeks of development - and something we all look forward to :-) > > The stability of the new codebase is reasonable concern to have, but > Nyall is well known for delivering high quality results, and we still > have some weeks for bug fixing before the release - and also > afterwards.
Count me +1 on these statements by Martin and Régis > >> We just have to think about the consequences. Personally, I would propose to >> delay the QGIS 3 release again a bit, e.g. release later in December, just >> before Christmas - because I do think that the bug fixing period, as it is >> scheduled now is too short. > That sounds sensible to me. Free copies of QGIS 3.0 as the Christmas > present for everyone :-) That sounds very sensible to me, I won't make yet another proposal to keep the original date for a "beta" release ;-) Matthias _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
