[QGIS-Developer] Enhancing QGIS Development and Security Features Proposition

[Rhea]

Hi Johannes,

Thank you a lot for your return, appreciated ! 

Best,
Rhea

> On 3 Nov 2023, at 9:35 AM, Johannes Kröger (WhereGroup) via QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rhea,
> 
> I am in no way able to officially answer but maybe I can give some thoughts and rhetoric questions:
> 
> To me those improvements sound like good ideas. I am not sure how far you could lock down Python extensibility considering the existing API. And I am not sure if you are aware of the many ways that a QGIS environment might use network calls, e.g. a tool like Proj might download grids from the internet in some cases, GDAL might try to fetch schemas specified in local files, etc. Sandboxing the system from the outside is probably much easier and secure.
> 
> Are those 40 extensions existing extensions? Are you aware that you can strip out the official repository and use your own instead?
> 
> It would probably be best to create QGIS Enhancement Proposals at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues.
> 
> And it would be good to proof commitment to maintaining the new features in some way or enter the sustaining membership program with significant, recurring contributions so that other developers paid by the QGIS project can maintain them.
> 
> Cheers, Hannes
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