See also https://blog.qgis.org/2025/10/07/update-on-qgis-4-0-release-schedule-and-ltr-plans/ where this was communicated.
Andreas On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 at 16:44, Greg Troxel via QGIS-Developer < [email protected]> wrote: > I saw 3.40.12 and updated pkgsrc, and the .12 being pretty high made me > guess that there was a new LTR and I should look at it. I went to read > > https://qgis.org/resources/roadmap/ > > and after staring at it for a long time, my take is: > > - 3.44 is *going to be* LTR, but will not be blessed as such until > 3.44.8 in February > > - What is unusual is that LTR will be 3.44.8, not 3.46.4, because > there was no 3.46 in 2025-10, but we're still holding off until > February, because some blend of > + LTR promotion is always February > + LTR promotion of a future-LTR happens only when the next branch > .0 comes out. > > - 4.2 will become LTR in 2026-10, which is out of cycle, and probably > we'll then see 4.8 in 2027-10 with LTRs happening on October > instead of February. (That's an observation not a complaint.) > > If I'm confused a clue would be appreciated, and if 99.9% of the list > was already super clear sorry for the noise. > > Separately, given that pkgsrc is on the fence between "latest release is > fine" and "LTR is more stable and better", I should be planning to > switch from 3.40.x to 3.44.x, and any time between now and just after > the LTR-blessing of 3.44 on 2026-02-20 is a reasonable time to do that. > (I am building 3.44.4 from source and it's halfway through.) > > My impression is that 3.44 is entirely stable and that for normal users > (not trying to coordinate with other packaging systems in big > organizations, and not having the LTS "running old code on purpose is > good" outlook), there is no real reason to stay on 3.40. > > It is clear that I should try to package 4.0, or even 3.99, but as a > separate/experimental package, to surface and resolve qt6 issues. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- -- Andreas Neumann QGIS.ORG board member (treasurer)
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