[Qgis-developer] Future of OpenLayers plugin - time to deprecate?

[Bernd Vogelgesang]

Am 14.06.2016, 22:25 Uhr, schrieb Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>:

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> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
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>>>> On 31 Dec 2015 7:33 AM, "Nyall Dawson" <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> The email chain below is just one example of a user who has issues
>>> with QGIS after installing the OpenLayers plugin. Stackexchange is
>>> filled with similar examples (See
>>> http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/qgis-openlayers-plugin).
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if it's time we discussed the future of this plugin. Now
>>> that we have a viable replacement (Quick Map Services) which doesn't
>>> demonstrate these issues, should we deprecate the OpenLayers plugin
>>> and remove it from the plugin repo?
>>
>> Can we revisit this discussion again?
>>
>> I'm very much in favour of:
>> 1. Removing openlayers plugin from the repo asap. This plugin is broken  
>> and unfortunately is harming the reputation of the >>project, as many  
>> users cannot distinguish the difference between the plugin's issues and  
>> problems with QGIS itself (eg see  
>> >>https://twitter.com/thatkindofplace/status/742543174573260800?s=03 )
>>
>> 2. Rename QuickMapServices as "QuickMapServices (OpenLayers  
>> replacement)" on the plugin repo, so users looking for openlayers >>are  
>> nicely directed to the new plugin
I would propose to rename it to "Basemaps (OpenLayers replacement)".  
QuickMapServices is one of the most unintuitive names for such a basic  
need ... a basemap ;)

My 2 cents
Bernd

> ​+1 for all the reasons above.
>
> Thanks for reviving this Nyall!
>
> Best wishes,
> Anita​
>
>



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