[Qgis-developer] Plugin metadata in a text file

[Gary Sherman]

On Nov 10, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Martin Dobias wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Gary Sherman <gsherman at geoapt.com> wrote:
>> 
>> [general]
>> name=Metadata Test
>> description=test of metadata generation
>> version=0.1
>> qgisMinimumVersion=1.0
>> class_name=MetadataTest
>> author=GeoApt LLC
>> email_address=gsherman at geoapt dot com
>> -----------------------
>> 
>> If you have thoughts about other items the PluginBuilder can or should capture let me know.
> 
> Hi Gary
> 
> what is exactly the purpose of "class_name" metadata?
Nothing in particular---I just dumped out everything I collected on the input screen :)
> 
> I would suggest to add a link to plugin's home page and/or plugin's bug tracker.
Good idea
> 
> Regarding the author, we may use the following scheme:
> 
> [author]
> name=James Bond
> email=james at secretagents.gov.uk
> 
> Further author keys may be used in future:
> url=http://www.secretagents.gov.uk/~james/
> twitter=james007
> osgeo_id=james007

Ok, thanks,

-gary

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