[Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] Atlas plugin - create map books

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi

I also think that it is not necessary to port the atlas plugin to C++.

>It would be interesting to see what other devs think about opening
>qgis to python code.

-1

I like the clear distinction between C++ and Python parts as it is now. For me, it is still very important to have the possibility to build QGIS without Python if necessary (e.g. doing a quick test with a Windows or Mac build of a branch).

Regards,
Marco








On 25.01.2012 23:37, Martin Dobias wrote:
> [moving the discussion to qgis-dev list]
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Vincent Picavet
> <vincent.ml at oslandia.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>>> As for having Atlas a QGis core part, I could do the C++ port, but this
>>>> project would need funding. If anyone interested, get in touch.
>>> Do you think a porting to C++ is really necessary? Wouldn't it be
>>> sufficient to move the py code to master once ready for production and
>>> well tested?
>> That's something to ask to qgis devs at large :)
>> If we keep it in Python, I'd be glad to move it to qgis master.
>> We'd want to wait for test and consolidation before that.
>> What do other think ?
> It is really tempting to move forward from being pure c++ application
> to a hybrid of c++ and python code - and I am not talking about python
> plugins shipped by default with qgis - I mean that python would be a
> required dependency since some parts of the GUI would be in python. I
> tend to be in favor of that (to some degree).
>
> There are some advantages (many python developers, lots of working
> python code in plugins) and some disadvantages (code maintenance). At
> the same time we should have a vision what should and what should not
> go into qgis app - not many plugins are really for general purpose,
> with good gui+code quality and without further dependencies.
>
> It would be interesting to see what other devs think about opening
> qgis to python code.
>
> Regards
> Martin
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