[Qgis-developer] SIP API Update

[Etienne Tourigny]

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Etienne Tourigny <etourigny.dev at gmail.com>wrote:

> I just ran into another problem... how do you pass a list (of strings) to
> a QT function which requires a QStringList (which is not available anymore).
>
>  File
> "/home/softdev/share/qgis/python/plugins/GdalTools/tools/GdalTools_utils.py",
> line 208, in getRasterFiles
>     workDir.setNameFilters( filter )
> TypeError: QDir.setNameFilters(QStringList): argument 1 has unexpected
> type 'list'
>

never mind... it works now.


>
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have decided to manage the SIP API update process so that we can have
>> it done by 2.0.  This is an important update as leaving it for later will
>> break every plugin yet again at later date which just leaves a really bad
>> taste for people to deal with. A few plugin authors have already expressed
>> that they would not be impressed having to do another major update again in
>> the future. And I agree.
>>
>> So having said that this is the current plan:
>>
>> - I have created a branch with the SIP API v2 update
>>  - Update all the core plugins in the sipapi-udate[0] branch over the
>> next couple of days
>> -  Merge into master
>>
>> I couldn't update all the core plugins myself BUT it would be a lot
>> easier if I could call on the plugin authors to run though their own code
>> and do the quick update.  The risk of me doing it is that I might break
>> something and not know it.  You know your code best so the help would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> I updated most of the console code and Salvatore has already cleaned the
>> rest up for me so that is one thing out of the way.
>>
>> And here comes the kicker: I would like to do this as quickly as we can
>> so to reduce the gap between master and the branch.  The sooner we merge it
>> to master the sooner we can open it to wider testing, but I don't expect to
>> run into any major issues when we do.
>>
>> If you are not aware of what benefits the SIP API update will bring here
>> is a quick example:
>>
>> Before:
>>
>> >>> str(yourlineedit.text().toString())
>> 'Hello World'
>> >>> feature["column"].toInt()[0]
>> 100
>>
>> After
>>
>> >>> yourlineedit.text()
>> 'Hello World'
>> >>> feature["column"]
>> 1000
>>
>> It will make life for us and plugin authors a hell of a lot easier.
>>
>> I have put together a quick guide[1] with some examples.  It is open edit
>> so feel free to add any notes you have. It might be good to turn it into a
>> plugin translate guide for future plugin authors moving to 2.0.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nathan
>>
>> [0] https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/tree/sipapi-update
>> [1]
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S85DMEC71AOzTkF1_EpnF0dhVb2On2EVq4E5s1EXoNM/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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