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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/4/2019 4:25 PM, Richard
      Duivenvoorde wrote:<br>
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      cite="mid:f1c24890-b39c-bb35-3425-dedd54cd0b82@duif.net">
      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Are you maybe behind a http proxy? Because it could be that QGIS is
trying to retrieve 'version.txt' without being able to?

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde

(I'd be in favour of not doing this without being asked personally)</pre>
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    No, I'm not behind an http proxy.<br>
    At times I've seen a message in the log window about a timeout
    fetching version.txt, but it's not occurring at the moment. <br>
    Here are the log messages for loading plugins - <br>
    <blockquote><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:03:51    
        INFO    </span>Loaded Mask (package: mask)
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:03:52     INFO    </span>Loaded OpenLayers Plugin (package: openlayers_plugin)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:03:54     INFO    </span>Loaded Plugin Builder 3 (package: pluginbuilder3)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:03:54     INFO    </span>Loaded Plugin Load Times (package: PluginLoadTimes)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:03:55     INFO    </span>Loaded Plugin Reloader (package: plugin_reloader)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:04:04     INFO    </span>Loaded QuickMapServices (package: quick_map_services)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:04:05     INFO    </span>Loaded refFunctions (package: refFunctions)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:04:05     INFO    </span>Loaded DB Manager (package: db_manager)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:04:41     INFO    </span>Loaded Processing (package: processing)</p>
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    <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Here's a different run with networking off:</p>
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      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:02     INFO    </span>Loaded Mask (package: mask)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:03     INFO    </span>Loaded OpenLayers Plugin (package: openlayers_plugin)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:05     INFO    </span>Loaded Plugin Builder 3 (package: pluginbuilder3)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:05     INFO    </span>Loaded Plugin Load Times (package: PluginLoadTimes)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:05     INFO    </span>Loaded Plugin Reloader (package: plugin_reloader)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:07     INFO    </span>Loaded QuickMapServices (package: quick_map_services)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:08     INFO    </span>Loaded refFunctions (package: refFunctions)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:08     INFO    </span>Loaded DB Manager (package: db_manager)</p>
      <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#000000;">2019-03-04T17:09:19     INFO    </span>Loaded Processing (package: processing)</p>
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    <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Here's the plug-in load times report</p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#ffa500;">Processing:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#ffa500;">4.102826s</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#ffa500;">QuickMapServices:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#ffa500;">1.669211s</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#eedf00;">Plugin Builder 3:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#eedf00;">0.405603s</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#eedf00;">OpenLayers Plugin:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#eedf00;">0.156001s</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#eedf00;">Plugin Reloader:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#eedf00;">0.140401s</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#008000;">Mask:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#008000;">0.078000s</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#008000;">Plugin Load Times:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#008000;">0.078000s</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#008000;">refFunctions:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#008000;">0.031200s</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#008000;">DB Manager:</span></p>
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            <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'tahoma,arial'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:600; color:#008000;">0.015600s</span></p>
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    The report is about the same in both cases<br>
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