[Qgis-developer] In with the new, out with the old?

[Borys Jurgiel]

> Starting with r15381 Field calculator can extract X, Y and perimeter,
> so I think this tool can be removed

Just a thought - x and y in the field calculator require a couple of clicks. 
In the ftools you can do it by one click...

> > One thing I'd really like to do is add the capability to output other
> > formats besides shapefiles (I'm not a big shapefile fan these days,
> > field name limitations are a hassle). I might try move over the
> > geometry and geoprocessing tools first, as they seem to be the most
> > frequently used tools.
> 
> Maybe it is better to create in-memory layer and let user to save it in
> some desired format using Save As... option from layer context menu?

Hmmmm implementing other file formats to the QgsVectorFileWriter is quite 
easy, while AFAIK writing to the memory layer requires another approach. Maybe 
we should encapsulate the QgsVectorFileWriter to provide an universal class 
for the 1.7 API? Just a thought - it's late and my brain is busy with a few 
other threads ;)