Re: [QGIS-Developer] Re-discussing the QGIS release schedule - in combination with the quarantine rule for LTR versions

2023-03-01 Thread C Hamilton via QGIS-Developer
We only update our LTR at most every 6 months and for some they are still using quite old versions. The only reason we might want something updated sooner would be if there were a bug that someone had encountered. Regards, Calvin On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 9:47 AM Saber Razmjooei via QGIS-Developer

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Re-discussing the QGIS release schedule - in combination with the quarantine rule for LTR versions

2023-03-01 Thread Saber Razmjooei via QGIS-Developer
Hi Andreas, Thanks for raising this issue. >From our experience with various large organizations, they generally skip most of the minor releases. But for those who fund a specific bug fix, they will immediately upgrade to the latest LTR as soon as the fix appears in the release. So, having the

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Re-discussing the QGIS release schedule - in combination with the quarantine rule for LTR versions

2023-03-01 Thread Andreas Neumann via QGIS-Developer
Hi, Like that other decision - that was a bit hard to find (you helped me find it in QEP 239) - I don't know exactly where the quarantine rule originated. I am pretty sure there was discussion. Nyall: can you please share some background when and why it was introduced and if this decision

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Re-discussing the QGIS release schedule - in combination with the quarantine rule for LTR versions

2023-03-01 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer via QGIS-Developer
Hi Andreas, On Tue, 28. Feb 2023 at 08:55:49 +0100, Andreas Neumann via QGIS-Developer wrote: > However, the situation is, that there is also a "quarantine rule" - which > is not mentioned in QEP 239 - but it helps to prevent untested patches to > end up in LTR versions, by delaying the

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Re-discussing the QGIS release schedule - in combination with the quarantine rule for LTR versions

2023-03-01 Thread Karsten Tebling via QGIS-Developer
Hello, I just wanted to share my thoughts from the users-perspective: Whenever there is a LTR-Version of a software I use that for production environments. For QGIS however, I always have both the LTR and the current version installed. The reason for this is my personal experience with bug

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Re-discussing the QGIS release schedule - in combination with the quarantine rule for LTR versions

2023-02-28 Thread Nyall Dawson via QGIS-Developer
On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 at 17:56, Andreas Neumann via QGIS-Developer wrote: > > Dear QGIS devs, > > The QGIS release schedule for LTR versions was recently "thinned out", as > part of a decision to introduce "manual testing" prior to release - see QEP > 239:

[QGIS-Developer] Re-discussing the QGIS release schedule - in combination with the quarantine rule for LTR versions

2023-02-27 Thread Andreas Neumann via QGIS-Developer
Dear QGIS devs, The QGIS release schedule for LTR versions was recently "thinned out", as part of a decision to introduce "manual testing" prior to release - see QEP 239: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/239 - see also the release schedule at