> Am 01.03.2020 um 13:00 schrieb Alexandre Neto <[email protected]>: > > Hello Iain, > > Please notice that LTR versions last for 12 months already. We are now > starting a new cycle with 3.10 as LTR and 3.4 receives patch during the last > year. Meanwhile, there has been some discussion about making the LTR last for > 2 years. > > Regarding documentation, as you said, it's volunteer work. And because our > lovely developers never stop adding new features, it's really hard to keep up > and we end up delaying the LTR documentation release for some time. I suggest > you try using the QGIS testing documentation for now as we are still trying > to catch up with all the work done since 3.4 (including some features from > 3.10). We still have a bunch of features to document, but we should be > releasing Documentation for 3.10 soon. > > https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/ > > Best regards, > > Alexandre Neto > > On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 9:56 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe because I am an archaeologist, but I have always thought that Long Term > is a bit longer than a few months. In practical terms running QGIS in an > organisation you want the stability of LTR for at least 12 months so that > people can be trained and comfortable in using QGIS. I have found that the > documentation and training materials do not keep up with the changes and as a > new started it is disconcerting to follow the documentation and see a totally > different screen when doing one of the steps. Having the stability of the LTR > allows for training and documentation to keep up (especially since this is a > voluntary effort) and for users who are using QGIS as a tool simply to get on > with their work. > > > > I would vote for a LRT being defined as not changed for 12 months. > > > > I would disagree with the point that ArcGIS is better documented than QGIS. > My experience with my project team is that they found the various videos and > training in QGIS enough to get them going from scratch (i.e. what is this you > are doing?) to doing professional maps and limited analysis in QGIS in about > a fortnight. I think that the variety of documentation also helps. > > > > I would also note that although ArcGIS Desktop is updated on a regular basis > I have absolutely no idea what actually changes except that I loose all my > setups and styles with every upgrade. I suspect most of the ESRI love goes > elsewhere or the changes are in the various very expensive addons. > > > > Dr Iain Stuart > > JCIS Consultants > > P.O. Box 2397 > > Burwood North > > NSW, 2134 > > > > (02) 9701 0191 > (0413) 380116 (m) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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