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<p>Hi All</p>
<p>I help out in the approval process of QGIS plugins. There are
various issues that are listed <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Django/issues"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Django/issues</a>
to streamline the approval process of plugins.</p>
<p>Over the years there has been a steady increase in plugins that
are not <a href="https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/unapproved/">approved</a>.
This is due to a number of reasons:</p>
<p>* Duplication of functionality. Plugin functionality already
exists in QGIS.</p>
<p>* Plugin authors not willing to address issues raised during the
approval process.</p>
<p>* Plugins containing binaries (Not really sure about the policy
here).</p>
<p>* Plugins which are a fork of an existing plugin and then they
get renamed to something else without permission from the original
author or the author is no longer interested i.e <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/active_fire2/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/active_fire2/</a>.</p>
<p>* Old plugins that still use the old architecture i.e Python2.</p>
<p>Could we either implement the following changes to
maintain/cleanup the plugin repository.</p>
<p>* Old plugins that were never approved because the author did not
care to resolve issues flagged be deleted from the repository i.e
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/ban_adresse_locator/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/ban_adresse_locator/</a></p>
<p>* Plugins that have vague names and offer functionality that is
ambiguious i.e <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/upload/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/upload/</a>
be deleted.<br>
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<p>* We could automate the deletion of plugins where feedback has
been received but the author hasn't done any corrective measure
maybe after a month or couple of months. </p>
<p>* Automatically flag the plugins which are not approved to
Deprecated after some time. <br>
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I think the above and other recommendations will encourage people
to use the plugin repository properly as currently it feels like a
dumping ground.<br>
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<p>On a side note: What is the policy for plugin names. I know it is
up to the author to give his plugin a suitable name but something
like <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/transfer_layerfilegdb_to_geopackage/#plugin-versions"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/transfer_layerfilegdb_to_geopackage/#plugin-versions</a>
looks like a description rather than a name.</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Adire<br>
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