[Qgis-developer] New Vector API

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi

On Mit 03 Apr 2013 11:00:15 CEST, Martin Dobias wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Matthias Kuhn <matthias.kuhn at gmx.ch> wrote:
>> Despite feature freeze, I'd like to ask what happened to that plan. As
>> far as I know, this change has not been made, and if this change is not
>> made before QGIS 2.0 it will have to wait for 3.0 (This is not something
>> to be done for 2.1).
>> It will probably be a small change (to switch in the core) but with a
>> huge impace (concerning plugins).
>
> I have a patch pending on my machine, but I have found out it needs
> more work than just running few "sip.setapi(...)" calls. In PyQt4
> QVariant API v2 there is basically no QVariant anymore. Given that we
> use QVariant.Type for things like defining QgsField types, we need to
> find a workaround (in PyQt4 they had a bit similar situation with
> QSettings).
>
> I still would like to get it into 2.0, but recently I have been too
> busy with real life to do anything with it. In the following weeks I
> should be able to find more time, so hopefully we will make a switch.
>
> Martin

According to this discussion, most people would appreciate the switch.

I would like to have this change included as fast as possible, to give 
plugin developers as much time as possible to make the necessary 
changes before 2.0 is released.

Martin, if you are still too busy, would it be possible to push your 
branch and create a ToDo list, so others could jump in if they find 
some time?