[Qgis-developer] fTools (Vector) concern

[Maxim Dubinin]

Hi all,

This email contains some hard critics, but I feel like I have to open
this topic to motivate needed change.

I'm very disappointed  with  fTools (Vector) and when I say 'I'
unfortunately I reflect an opinion of a larger community.

At  the  our bug hunt and continuously after I believe 50% of the bugs
we  found were from fTools (and this is very considerable number, trac
regulars  for sure can tell). We've raised some seriously disappointed
comments like "Nothing works in Vector menu". I simply couldn't test
Simplify features because it doesn't work, as well. Everytime I (or
other people from our group) open an instrument from Vector, there is a string of bugs to
fill and this is very tiring and very bad looking in places where we
try to make people move from some GIS to QGIS.

I suggest that a serious review of Vector tools is needed (hackfest?), first by
maintainer, then by a single user checking _all_ instruments under
both Win and Linux. This can be followed by a group effort to hunt for
more bugs (here I offer our help).

Maxim

PS: We love you Carson, please don't take too hard. We will continue
reporting bugs and patches. I know what opensource is ;)