[Qgis-developer] Dubt on plugins without repo and bugtrack

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi Alessandro

On 02/18/2015 12:56 PM, Alessandro Pasotti wrote:
> Hi Mathias,
>
> I don't understand the difference between "optional" and
> "recommended", I mean the fields are already "optional" (not
> mandatory) and "recommended" because the developer (and staff members)
> every time they browse the plugin page see the following message:
>
> Some important informations are missing from the plugin metadata
> (homepage, tracker or repository). Please consider creating a project
> on hub.qgis.org and filling the missing metadata.
>
> This is what I mean with "recommended", and you?
>
> Of course we can print a better message, suggestions welcome!

The difference mentioned by Paolo. As I understand it concerns the
plugin builder but Paolo and you probably know this scope a lot better
than I.

> Making the field mandatory would prevent all plugins without those
> fields from being uploaded in the first place.

That's what I prefer not to happen. But it is no strong opinion.

Kind regards,
Matthias

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