Hi, Jürgen is the release manager and ultimately proposes/decides when to release 3.0. So I don't know what his opinion is.
My personal opinion is in line with Nyall. Core devs should have enough time to properly prepare everything and do at least the API changes/redesign/refactoring properly. After 3.0 there won't be API breaks for a longer time, so it is better to have enough time to do things properly. A double dev cycle, followed by a double test cycle (testing and bug fixing) would be useful. If we stick with the four month release cycle with a double dev cycle this could mean a feature freeze somewhere around May and a release after a two month test/bug fixing period somewhere around July. Just a very rough idea, and not discussed with the core devs and Jürgen ... Thoughts? Andreas On 2017-01-05 23:57, Nyall Dawson wrote: > On 6 January 2017 at 03:43, Tom Chadwin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all >> >> Amazing work going on for QGIS3 - I'm in awe of you all (as always). >> >> I've been getting more and more nervous about how easy it will be to convert >> my plugin, so yesterday I started to have a go. With lots of help from >> Matthias (huge thanks, as ever!), I got a good way through the process. I >> think I can now do it. I certainly don't feel so nervous. >> >> However, Nyall pointed out that there is still a lot of change to come to >> the API. I'm happy to abandon the work I've done so far, as it has achieved >> its aim of getting me familiar with what the job will entail. >> >> So, my question is, when would be the best time to start the actual >> conversion of our plugins? Is there going to be an obvious time in QGIS3 >> development for this to happen? Can it be announced on the list? > > I'd say just before/after feature freeze. There's still some very > large API changes in store, eg Martin's current refactoring of the > project and map layers will likely have large impact on your plugin, > and I'd hate to see you have to "port twice". By the time feature > freeze comes into play the large API changes will all have been locked > in (or have to wait till 4.0!). > > There's no time frame for this yet, but I'll fight hard against any > plans for a release before mid-year. > > Nyall > >> Thanks >> >> Tom >> >> ----- >> Buy Pie Spy: Adventures in British pastry 2010-11 on Amazon >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/When-to-start-converting-our-plugins-tp5302167.html >> Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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