[Qgis-developer] Renaming SEXTANTE

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Marco Hugentobler <
> marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch> wrote:
>
>> Plugins are a sophisticated way of keeping things lean and separated.
>
>
> I have no issue with none core plugins, in fact that is something I always
> promote as a powerful feature. Core however plugins are a different story.
> While it makes sense to you and I it doesn't make sense to a normal user.
> Core plugins, while a feature, in fact make the program look incomplete or
> patchy.  Some of the main problems with core plugins are: they don't have a
> Python C++ API, functions in them are separated by wall, users have to
> enable them in order to use them.
>
> Lets take a few examples:  A question the other day on IRC was "can I
> create a heatmap with pyqgis" No is the answer which is confusing because
> the heatmap plugin is a core feature so why not have it as part of the API?
>  The topology checker is another example of the features it has should be
> part of the core package and just baked in. This would allow tighter
> integration into the drawing tools and other core features. Can you imagine
> if snapping was a core plugin? or the composer?
>
> I do see the core plugin idea useful as a staging area for things we are
> not sure fully about just yet or still have issues.
>
>
I think this should be simple to address - maintain them as plugins but
load them automatically and transparently to the user. We could even have a
new class oc core plugins that do this and explcitly bypass the plugin
manager ui because they are always 'just on'.

Regards

Tim


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