[Qgis-developer] Plugins About dialog: make it more uniform

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi Giuseppe

 >Any opinion on how to handle such things?
 >Can I change the commit message to add those info? On 19.04.2012 
16:32, Giuseppe Sucameli wrote:

Putting the information in the commit message seems ok to me.
Another way to give acknowledgment to sponsors is to write a blog 
article describing the new functionality and mentioning the sponsors.

Regards,
Marco


> Hi,
>
> On Apr 17, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Tim Sutton<lists at linfiniti.com>  wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Marco Hugentobler
>> <marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch>  wrote:
>>> And core plugins that ship with the QGIS code should remove the about dialog
>>> (currently gdal tools and db manager)
>> Agreed - any serious objections from the authors?
> no objections for me to remove the db_manager's about dialog,
> but I'm wondering where I can put info about who supported the
> development of the tool.
>
> I was sure adding them to that dialog was possible, so I was also
> about to add the sponsorship from Silvio Grosso.
>
> Any opinion on how to handle such things?
> Can I change the commit message to add those info?
>
> Regards.
>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Marco
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17.04.2012 09:03, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>>>> Hi all.
>>>> Currently, most plugins do not have an About dialog, and those who have
>>>> it are often quite different. Can we choose a layout, make a template,
>>>> and ask plugin devs to please use it?
>>>> A small thing, but it will sooth out the user experience, and will give
>>>> a more integrated ovarall look.
>>>> All the best.
>>>>
>>>
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