[Qgis-developer] Why I'm not going to use hub.plugins.org for my plugins

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml at sourcepole.com> wrote:
> Hi Alessandro, Tim,
>
> Am Montag, 21. November 2011, um 12.48:08 schrieb Tim Sutton:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> >> There are hundreds of redmine plugins out there, probably there is one
>> >> to let users delete their projects. I still wonder if it is a good
>> >> idea for other reasons though - if I file a bug against your project
>> >> and spent time and effort on working with your plugin I may not want
>> >> to see my work on your redmine project dissapear overnight because you
>> >> became bored with it. Better in my mind that an admin delete it after
>> >> giving it some consideration.
>> >
>> > In that case (which it's a corner case) you'd probably have the code
>> > in GIT anyway or at least the plugin installed on your disk and you
>> > could still create a new project.
>>
>> Sorry but I was referring to the bug tracking history relating to the
>> plugin, not the code (I realise I have the code already). The history
>> of what issues people report against the plugin and what resolutions
>> took place and why is useful information that should persist should
>> e.g. a new maintainer take over the plugin because the former one got
>> bored.
>>
>> It looks like the reason you can change your project to a subproject
>> of QGIS Desktop is because you are listed as a manager of that
>> project. So it seems that the rule is : you cant make your project (A)
>> a subproject of (B) unless you are at least a manager of (B). This
>> probably makes good sense because otherwise we give everyone perfect
>> freedom but also have potential anarchy e.g. users just inserting
>> their project as a child of yours without consulting you.
>>
>> So I think the workflow should be that when a user wants to create a
>> new project, it should always go under plugins, and if that is the
>> wrong place they should file a ticket.
>
> As soon as Mathias some hours left (should be next week), he will write a
> plugin for customizing Redmine to QGIS' needs. The most important things I
> currently see:
> -Don't show members of project, if more than 50 (#3983)
> -Make "User plugins" the default parent project for new projects (#3956,
> #4545)
> -Hide Repository link on Overview page (currently implemented as patch)
>

That would probably do it thanks. Do you know of anyway to modify the
landing page? There was some interest in getting rid of latest
projects, latest news and providing a more user friendly getting start
guide on the front page.

Regards

Tim


> Regards
> Pirmin
>
> --
> Pirmin Kalberer
> Sourcepole  -  Linux & Open Source Solutions
> http://www.sourcepole.com
>



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