[Qgis-developer] Let's simplify the plugin situation

[Maxim Dubinin]

MD> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 11:00 PM, Maxim Dubinin <sim at gis-lab.info> wrote:
>> We've been asked why don't we move our plugins to official repo. The
>> reason  is  that  autopackaging is unavailable. We maintain 16 plugins
>> and it will be a pain to switch to manual. If someone doesn't like the
>> idea   for  some  reason,  it  would  make  sense to add on/off switch
>> for autopackaging in official repo.

MD> what exactly do you mean by "autopackaging" ? The new repo now offers
MD> API for uploading new versions of plugins - automatic deployment with
MD> a script should not be a problem anymore.

This  might  be  our not following up on recent changes on this. We'll
check and get back on that soon ;) Thanks for info.

So, localizations will require coordinated effort, if someone leads we
are ready to contribute some manpower to code things up. Lets do it.

Maxim

>> Localizations    of   the   descriptions   are  also  something  we're
>> concerned  about  and  it is unfortunate  that  right  now  we  cannot
>> provide our users localized descriptions of the plugins.

MD> That would require:
MD> 1. support in plugins' metadata.txt file. We could add a section in
MD> the metadata.txt file for each locale - e.g. [general-ru] for Russian
MD> in addition to [general] section.
MD> 2. support in QGIS (to show localized texts in plugin
MD> installer/manager). Should be relatively easy to add
MD> 3. support in the repository. This might need more work (due to
MD> changes in database structure) to allow the plugin installer to ask
MD> for localized plugin list, something like this:
MD> http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?lang=ru

MD> Regards
MD> Martin