[Qgis-developer] Plugin reorganization (again)

[Gary Sherman]

On Dec 18, 2011, at 4:38, Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi again,
> 
> I tried to fix pitfall mentioned by Gary and implement Paolo's
> suggestion about adding
> categories to plugin metadata.
> 
> Added new plugin metadata "category" which contain name of the menu/toolbar from
> where plugin will be available. For example, Interpolation plugin will
> have "Raster"
> category, fTools ­— "Vector" etc. This metadata used by Plugin Manager
> to display
> additional text after plugin description [0].
> 
> It is not necessary to update all existing python plugins (but recommended), by
> default if there is no category — "Plugins" category will be used. C++ plugins
> should be recompiled because base QgsPlugin class was changed. I think this
> if acceptable, most C++ plugins are core plugins.
> 
> Also I update reorganize-plugins branch in my fork [1].
> 
> Comments, suggestions are welcome
> 

I like it.  
-Gary
GeoApt LLC
Chair, Quantum GIS PSC
> [0] http://gis-lab.info/share/alexbruy/img/new-plugin-manager.png
> [1] https://github.com/alexbruy/Quantum-GIS/tree/reorganize-plugins
> 
> -- 
> Alexander Bruy