[Qgis-developer] Adding plugins to master

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Borys Jurgiel <lists at borysjurgiel.pl> wrote:
>> This confirms what I've seen in the past: if a core plugin is released via
>> a user repository channel, and the user installs it, the installed user
>> plugin takes precedence over the core module of the same package name (e.g.
>> fTools user plugin is used instead of fTools core plugin).
>>
>> So, it is my understanding that a core plugin shipping with a release would
>> not be 'pinned down' to the QGIS release schedule.
>
> Yes, exactly. You can release a plugin update this way and it mask the one
> bundled with Qgis release. If, some day, the user upgrades qgis and the
> version of the plugin bundled with master becomes higher that the one
> available in the repository, QGIS displays a message to encouage user to
> uninstall the update, that is now outdated.
>

Well

+1 from me to include the atlas plugin
+1 from me to include the db manager plugin

Regards

Tim


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