On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 at 17:56, Andreas Neumann via QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> 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: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/239 - see also > the release schedule at > https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html > > Quote from the QEP 239: "LTR releases will no longer have monthly patch > releases, but instead a 4 months cycle releases, coincident with the release > of the stable version". > > I can understand the reasoning behind that decision, because "manual testing" > is a lot of work and it was also heard that many users don't install patch > releases too often. > > 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 backports until the backport was first > tested in the non-LTR stable release. There had been a number of examples > where this quarantine rule helped prevent regressions in the LTR version > introduced by backports in the past. So, I think this quarantine rule is > useful to have. > > However, it doesn't match well with the decision to "thin out" the release > schedule of the LTR version. There can be situations where a user will have > to wait 4-5 months, until a backport ends up in an LTR release, which is a > rather long time. We should bring this down to 2 months, like in the past. > > My proposal is to "revisit" the decision of the "thinned out" release > schedule and only "thin out", 6 months after a version became LTR. > > Any thoughts? Especially from the commercial support providers? How would > your customers react to the fewer patch releases?
I would VERY much like to see the current monthly LTR patch releases continued for the lifetime of an LTR release. 4-5 months is just far too long for users to wait for fixes. Kind regards, Nyall > > Thank you for the discussion, > Andreas > > -- > Andreas Neumann > QGIS.ORG board member (treasurer) > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
