[Qgis-developer] pre install run has no python plugins

[Alexander Bruy]

2011/12/6 Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net>:
> I wouldn't call it "correct behavior".
> Why would you want a "pre-install" runtime to use "post-install" stuff ?
Well, I mean that _now_ this is correct behavior, because _now_ we have
this by desing,  this is not regression.

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Martin Dobias <wonder.sk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There are few things I am aware of that
>> do not work right now when run from build directory (though they work
>> when installed):
>> - python plugins included in source tree (fTools, installer, gdal
>> tools, osm) are not visible. Their source files would need to be
>> copied to some directory so that they see the generated files -
>> otherwise they would fail to start
>
> I think such copy or symlinking or whatever is needed should be
> implemented somehow in a way to allow _full_ off-system runs.
>
> Don't you agree ?

I agree, that in ideal we should be able to run QGIS from build dir
with all features enabled. But _now_ even runing qgis without Python
is great, because recently we haven't this feature at all.

-- 
Alexander Bruy