[Qgis-psc] Fwd: Re: [Qgis-user] Problem with Managing Plugins with qgis 1.8

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>wrote:

>  Hi all.
> I think we have a problem here: several authors did not migrate their
> plugins, and users start complaining about it. For several plugins, this is
> actually a good thing, because they are obsolete and unmaintained, but we
> genuinely miss some important ones (one for all: OpenLayers). I was tinking
> of making a list of the crucial ones, and personally invite authors to
> migrate them, offering help if needed, but perhaps it is better to have a
> general policy as PSC?
>

If you have the time to do this, it seems the way to go. Hopefully you can
actually find contact info for them....

Regards

Tim



> Thanks for your thoughts.
> All the best.
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------  Oggetto: Re: [Qgis-user] Problem
> with Managing Plugins with qgis 1.8  Data: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:23:11 +0200  Mittente:
> Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> <lists at linfiniti.com>  A: Sergio Vignali
> <vignalisergio30 at gmail.com> <vignalisergio30 at gmail.com>  CC:
> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>
> Hi
>
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Sergio Vignali<vignalisergio30 at gmail.com> <vignalisergio30 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have just installed ubuntu 12.04 and I have a problem with QGis 1.8.
> >
> > In Managing Plugins I don't find the "Add 3rd party repositories" button and
>
> This was removed as of 1.8 as we would like people to use theplugins.qgis.org infrastructure.
>
> > if I try to install any plugins I get this message "Scompattazione (unzip)
> > del plugin non riuscita. Probabilmente l'archivio è corrotto o non esiste
> > nel repository. Controllare i permessi in scrittura della cartella dei
> > plugin:
> >
> > /home/sergio/.qgis//python/plugins"
>
> try to edit ~/.config/QuantumGIS/QGIS.conf
>
> And set your plugin repos entry to something like this (make a backup
> first if needed):
>
> plugin-repos\QGIS%20Official%20Repository\url=http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml
>
> Regards
>
>
> Tim
>
> >
> > I have also ubuntu 11.10 and after the update to version 1.8 of qgis I don't
> > find the  "Add 3rd party repositories" button but I can install any plugins.
> >
> > Is there somebody who can help me?
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Sergio Vignali
> >
> >
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