[QGIS-Developer] Reword "Trusted Plugin" --> "Trusted Plugin Author"?

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 07-09-17 18:14, DelazJ wrote:
> Hi,
> I know there has been a lot of discussion about this subject and sorry
> to revive it.
> I'd like to propose to reword the "Trusted Plugin" text in the Plugin
> Manager into "Trusted Author" or "Trusted Plugin Author".
> From what I've understood from the different discussions, it will
> better reflect what it is and will avoid misunderstanding from users.
> Reading "Trusted plugin" makes people think that this plugin is better
> than other "featured duplicate" plugins and, worse, that the behavior
> of the plugin is approved by QGIS Project. They could also think that
> this is the recommended and bug free plugin from QGIS Project for what
> they want to do, which IMHO is wrong: we do not certify the plugin, we
> certify we know the author.
> 
> I know there have been literature on what trusted means, some blog
> post (unfortunately now) hidden on the Internet and even Official doc
> doesn't mention this tag (though I'm less and less convinced that
> people do read manuals) so a new user may not know what it's about.
> A case I have in mind is the Table Manager plugin. For years, it has
> been the main tool to refactor a table, did well his job (Thanks
> Borys) and its use was advised all over the web. A newcomer will jump
> on it without clearly reading its low-level description stating that
> it's now a deprecated plugin, because the plugin is green and there's
> a green band at the top stating "This plugin is trusted".
> 
> My initial intention was to ask to remove that statement (because end
> user doesn't care who has plugin approval right) but I think it's also
> nice to highlight those people/company that do the communitarian "job"
> (reason why they became trusted) and another wording will, I'm
> convinced, better serve that.

Hi Harrissou:

+1, please do

Regards,

Richard