[Qgis-developer] [Qgis-user] Iconset from Google

[Alexander Bruy]

I remember Nathan said that desktop part is in good shape and can be easily
merged. But maybe with latest API breaks situation changed.

2014-10-22 9:54 GMT+03:00 Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com>:
> 2014-10-22 8:38 GMT+02:00 Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>:
>> Il 21/10/2014 21:59, kimaidou ha scritto:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think we could use the same feature as in processing for sharing scripts and
>>> models. It is based on a git repository, and works quite well. It would be
>>> sraitforward for devs to add icons, and users would be able to choose which icon set
>>> they want to download and then upgrade.
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>> sounds interesting, as it avoids entirely the complexity of a web-based application,
>> and could be implemented soon, with minimal effort. This holds true for symbols and
>> styles as well.
>> Any comment? Any taker?
>> All the best.
>
> Hi,
>
> this topic has been addressed several times during the last few years,
> the current situation is that a Django app skeleton for a symbology
> and styles is already available from a GSOC work at
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Django/tree/gsoc_remote/qgis-app/symbols.
>
> Unfortunately, after having examined the code during the HF in Wien we
> decided that it was not production ready, and we have no time and
> resources to improve the code. A rough estimate of the time required
> to improve/complete the app and test/deploy it is 7 working days (for
> the symbology application only).
>
> But this would be only part of the development since we still would
> require (in any case) the QGIS desktop integration part.
>
> That said, I'm not against using a github based solution, even if I
> don't generally like the idea that we depend more and more on external
> sources.
>
> An argument in favour of the Django app is that it would probably
> allow for a tighter integration with the website, exactly like the
> plugin website does.
>
> I don't know anything about the amount of time/resource needed to
> complete the github-based solutions though.
>
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Alexander Bruy