If you have ever created a beautiful map in QGIS 3, you are standing on the shoulders of the 2.8 composer.
, codenamed "Valmiera" , was a landmark Long Term Release (LTR) of the popular open-source geographic information system, published by the QGIS Development Team on www.qgis.org . Released in June 2015 , it served as the stable, enterprise-ready version for over a year, setting a new benchmark for reliability, usability, and performance in free GIS software. Its support cycle officially ended in June 2016, but its architectural influence continued for years. www.qgis.org 2.8
Release date: 2015-02-20. This is the change log for the next release of QGIS - version 2.8 ' Wien'. Wien is German for 'Vienna' - Changelog for QGIS 2.8 · QGIS Web Site If you have ever created a beautiful map