[Qgis-developer] [OT] - politically correct question

[Gino Pirelli]

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On 16 October 2013 12:46, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net> wrote:

> On 16-10-13 12:29, Ing. Pierluigi De Rosa wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Since QGIS was at 1.8 version I used a plugin very useful for me but now
> > the same is to updated to the 2.0 version.
> > I write to the developer asking for un update for version 2.0 and
> > telling him I'm are available to the the necessary work to do that.
> > Unfortunately I didn’t receive any reply from him.
> >
> > What you suggest to do?
> > I can update the code but then I cannot distribuite the code as I'm not
> > the developer?
>
> My opinion:
>
> I do not know which plugin you need, but I would be very carefull to
> pull somebodies plugin out of his/her hands.
>
> I think it is to the developer to decide what priorities he takes by
> doing his work. We cannot force somebody to update it, if he is busy
> with something else. (or just missing the email in which somebody asks
> for that)
>
> If the plugin is on github, I would start with forking the repo, and
> upgrading the plugin as needed and do a pull request.
> This way YOU have a working plugin :-)
>
> Then maybe ask via this list if the developer is around, or if somebody
> knows this developer personally, and try to contact him again (or via
> the person who knows him).
>
> Maybe offer a little gift? Some nice words? A beer somewhere on the
> world? Offer to do it (patches, pull requests)?
>
> If all fails, there are two options:
> - we can my you manager of the plugin (but as said, as a project I think
> we should be really carefull with this. Maybe even only if the
> plugin-owner has given permission for this)
> - you can rename the plugin and upload it with another name?
>
> From my own experience, I can tell several reasons to not upgrade
> immediatly:
> - I'm in the middle of some refactoring and are planning to do the
> upgrade and new functionality in one version
> - I just do not have time for this, at THIS moment (meaning: other
> things in life have prio now)...
>
> In short: please be gentle to a plugin dev. He invested his free time
> into the developing the initial version(s) of the plugin.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
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