[Qgis-developer] Python plugins mandatory metadata

[Tim Sutton]

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Hi

On 25/08/2014 17:01, Alessandro Pasotti wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems like most of us are still confused about mandatory
> metadata in Python plugins.
> 
> There have been a lot of discussions on this topic in the past and
> I would like to resume the discussion.
> 
> IIRC the most debated questions were:
> 
> * if "homepage" must be mandatory * if "tracker" must be mandatory 
> * if "repository" must be mandatory
> 
> We somewhat agreed about leaving those metadata optional but
> "highly recommended", this means that the automatic validator still
> accepts the plugin but a warning is shown to the author and to
> website staff users.
> 
> The plugin approval is not automatic, if somebody thinks that for
> a particular plugin one of those metadata are absolutely necessary 
> he/she can just unapprove the plugin.
> 
> I'm still convinced that the a.m. metadata should be recommended
> but not mandatory but of course we can change this policy.
> 
> If I missed the point in which a different decision was taken,
> please let me know and I will add those rules to the validator.
> 


I agree they should remain optional for now.

Regards

Tim

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