[Qgis-developer] Plugin "category" - do we need it?

[Matthias Kuhn]

+1 for removing category in favor of tags.

On Die 11 Jun 2013 17:09:10 CEST, Borys Jurgiel wrote:
> Among many other plugin attributes we have quite useless "category":
> vector/raster/db etc.
>
> In QGIS 1.8 the category is displayed in the plugin manager as "The plugin is
> installed in the [$CATEGORY] menu". However it's pretty confusing, because the
> category attribute has *no* influence on where the plugin action is placed (and
> I guess there is no simple way to implement it, as QGIS doesn't know which
> plugin inserts the action and what are its attributes).
>
> In QGIS 2.0 this is hardly used: it's just displayed in the plugin details
> (and I wonder if not remove it at all). In Valmiera we agreed that tags are
> much more important than category, and sorting/filtering by category doesn't
> make much sense.
>
> As today is the hard feature freeze, it would be good to decide if we want
> this attribute or not. I can either:
>
> a) leave it as it: not documented, not officialy supported, merely used in the
> interface, however often used by plugin authors, possible to use in the
> future.
>
> b) remove it completely for 2.0 and possibly introduce it again in the future
> if we get an idea how to use it.
> *Pros*: It's better to introduce something in 2.1 than break something
> existing (even if hardly used).
> *Cons*: Plugin authors won't use it, so if we decide to introduce it, there
> will be less plugins already equipped with this attribute.
>
> Are there any thoughts?
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