> Also for the bug fixing, lets give it a full month If the project settled on Feb. 8, can we have an official acknowledgement on this? Maybe a simple mail to the dev list stating "QGIS 3.0 will be released on Feb. 8, 2018".
Thanks, Math On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 5:18 PM, Tim Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Régis > > We have discussed beta versions many times through the years and consensus > is always not to make a beta. We have nightly builds and an overloaded > release manager, lets keep things simple and follow regular procedures as > much as possible. > > We discussed this (conveying to our users that the 3.0.0 may not be the > most stable software on the planet) last night at the PSC meeting and our > recommendation is that we will tweak the splash to include a message that > this is an early version with a lot of big changes, use only after testing > (Anita will come up with better wording). In a subsequent bug fix release > (e.g. 3.0.x) we can remove that message from the splash. We felt this was > the highest visibility way to message this to our users on all platforms > regardless of the installation mode. > > Also for the bug fixing, lets give it a full month - there are a lot of > other things that need to happen - like giving plugin authors time to port > their work now that the API is fixed, getting the release visual changelog > written, fixing bugs, packing for Mac etc. > > I’d also like to suggest that we move to using loomio more when an > unequivocal decision is needed on these things so that we can all be clear > on what was decided. > > Regards > > Tim > > > On 09 Jan 2018, at 11:37, Régis Haubourg <[email protected]> wrote: > > @Bernd, I don't want to open any can of worm :) . Reading again the > discussion where you ask for it, I realize that no decision was taken on > that BETA branding. > > @Borys, thanks for the pointer. I'll see if Paul is available to merge > that. > > Régis > > 2018-01-09 10:03 GMT+01:00 Borys Jurgiel <[email protected]>: > >> On wtorek, 9 stycznia 2018 08:55:22 CET Régis Haubourg wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > given the small impacts and the benefit of emptying the PR queue, can >> we go >> > for a merge of https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/5663 (named >> transactions >> > in executeSQL)? >> > I know we voted to not add it in the freeze exemptions, but that was in >> the >> > target of keeping a release date in end 2017. Now that time is passing, >> and >> > the hypothesis of a QGIS 3.0 "beta" being advertised, I think we should >> > have it in the release. >> >> A small correction: we definitely voted to add it (11:2), just Paul was >> opposed. >> >> https://www.loomio.org/p/EnrX0paG/-5663-add-a-name-for-trans >> actions-created-from-executesql >> >> Regards, >> Borys >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > — > > > > > > > *Tim Sutton* > > *Co-founder:* Kartoza > *Project chair:* QGIS.org > > Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source: > > Desktop GIS programming services > Geospatial web development > GIS Training > Consulting Services > > *Skype*: timlinux > *IRC:* timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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