Andrea Giudiceandrea via QGIS-Developer <[email protected]> writes:
> it takes some time to compile QGIS and create the packages and the > installers for various OS. > > Please see https://www.qgis.org/resources/roadmap/#release > > **** > Release > On major and minor release dates, the release branch is created and > the release is tagged and tar balls are prepared. Point releases are > just tagged and tar balls are created. > > The packagers are notified that packaging can begin. > > Once some packages are available the release can be announced and the > website is updated accordingly. I find this approach unfortunate. QGIS is a Free Software (and Open Source) project, and thus logically the primary release artifact is the source code. The source code should be first in the release/download page, and the release itself should be announced as soon as source (as .tar.gz or whatever) is available. Binary builds of that source can be added as available and a further annoucement made that those are available. I commented in this vein earlier about the qgis web site. I still view it as problematic that the website takes a binary-first approach. When visiting https://www.qgis.org/download/ with firefox on NetBSD, I'm prompted to download a windows installer. Further down, there is more windows stuff, and no hint that there is source code. Yes, I realize most users want binaries. That is not a good reason to avoid having source first. _______________________________________________ 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
