[Qgis-developer] fTools and GdalTools: sextante vs original plugins

[Martin Dobias]

Hi,

I have been wondering recently about the status of original fTools and
GdalTools plugins and their algorithms in SEXTANTE. As far as I
understand, the implementation in SEXTANTE is independent from the
original plugins. That means that any changes in fTools or GdalTools
have to be ported manually to SEXTANTE (and vice versa). Also the
users must be confused by having two completely different ways how to
trigger the same algorithms. Maintaining both versions will be painful
for us and our users.

The port of original algorithms to SEXTANTE seems to be nearly
complete  and SEXTANTE has superior approach of creating the GUI for
algorithms dynamically (similar to GRASS toolbox) instead of manually
creating GUI for each algorithm. So...what about removing the original
fTools and GdalTools plugins before 2.0 and focusing on improvements
of their counterparts in SEXTANTE?

Regards
Martin