[QGIS-Developer] Settings migration from QGIS 2 to 3
Matthias Kuhn
matthias at opengis.ch
Thu Dec 7 22:49:44 PST 2017
Add to that
with the new profiles it's super-easy to get a clean slate any time.
Matthias
On 12/8/17 2:31 AM, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Yes, a dialog is on the todo list just need some time to finish it.
> Hopefully next monday.
>
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Olivier Dalang
> <olivier.dalang at gmail.com <mailto:olivier.dalang at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi !
>
> I think the migration should be optional (eg. by displaying a
> message on first start if there's a QGIS2 conf). I'd say this is
> what most programs do for major updates. This would allow users
> who are a bit messy (like me) to take advantage of QGIS3 to make a
> clean start.
>
> Also, you'd be able to easily reset to factory settings by wiping
> the whole QGIS3 directory (actually it's by trying to do that and
> not understanding why the browser kept my providers that I learned
> that config was migrated).
>
> What do you think ? Should I open a feature request ?
>
> Still the feature will definitely be very useful for most users !
> Thank you very much for developing it :)
>
> Olivier
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Stefan Blumentrath
> <Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no <mailto:Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no>>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks so much Alessandro!
>
>
>
> Having read some documentation:
>
> https://connect.boundlessgeo.com/docs/desktop/1.1.0/system_admins/globalsettings.html
> <https://connect.boundlessgeo.com/docs/desktop/1.1.0/system_admins/globalsettings.html>
>
> I am sure that this will be a cool new feature in QGIS 3 that
> will be very much appreciated by organisations!!!
>
>
>
> Thanks again for the hint!
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Stefan
>
>
>
> *From:*Alessandro Pasotti [mailto:apasotti at gmail.com
> <mailto:apasotti at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* onsdag 1. november 2017 09.30
> *To:* Stefan Blumentrath <Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no
> <mailto:Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no>>
> *Cc:* Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com
> <mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com>>; Borys Jurgiel
> <lists at borysjurgiel.pl <mailto:lists at borysjurgiel.pl>>;
> Richard Duivenvoorde <richard at duif.net
> <mailto:richard at duif.net>>; qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [QGIS-Developer] Settings migration from QGIS 2
> to 3
>
>
>
>
> Stefan, you may try to use global settings for shared user
> settings, you can specify the global settings file path in
> several ways (and it could even be a shared network folder).
>
> See:
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/main.cpp#L131
> <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/main.cpp#L131>
>
> and:
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/main.cpp#L831
> <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/main.cpp#L831>
>
> the global settings format is exactly the same of the user
> settings file: INI.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Stefan Blumentrath
> <Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no
> <mailto:Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no>> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> I am really looking forward to seeing all QGIS
> configuration in ini-files and that registry will be
> abandoned on Windows in QGIS 3!
>
> That will be a great improvement, esp. from a sys-admin
> perspective!
>
>
>
> In this consolidation context I was wondering I would be
> possible to prepare for:
>
> - Use of relative path
> (https://issues.qgis.org/issues/12623
> <https://issues.qgis.org/issues/12623>)
>
> - Usage of variables in the ini file
>
>
>
> I have been earlier thinking about “versioning” of ini
> files, so that updates (e.g. changes in OWS URLs) can be
> passed to all users as a sort of “diff/merge” without
> damaging individual adjustments they might have made.
>
> Background is that the Norwegian mapping authority
> provides a “Service feed”
> (https://register.geonorge.no/register/tjenestevarsler
> <https://register.geonorge.no/register/tjenestevarsler>)
> where all OWS changes are announced… I would love to be
> able to just apply those changes to all our users…
>
>
>
> No idea if such a thing could be fostered by the way
> settings are stored in the ini files?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Stefan
>
>
>
> *From:*QGIS-Developer
> [mailto:qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] *On
> Behalf Of *Nathan Woodrow
> *Sent:* mandag 30. oktober 2017 15.27
> *To:* Borys Jurgiel <lists at borysjurgiel.pl
> <mailto:lists at borysjurgiel.pl>>
> *Cc:* Richard Duivenvoorde <richard at duif.net
> <mailto:richard at duif.net>>; qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [QGIS-Developer] Settings migration from
> QGIS 2 to 3
>
>
>
> Ah right. I'm happy with whatever there.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:25 AM, Borys Jurgiel
> <lists at borysjurgiel.pl <mailto:lists at borysjurgiel.pl>> wrote:
>
> Dnia wtorek, 31 października 2017 00:19:49 Nathan
> Woodrow pisze:
> > Hey,
> >
> > > There are over 100 keys there, are we going to
> migrate them all from
> >
> > Windows
> > to windows, like we did with Qgis -> qgis?
> >
> > No I don't think we need to do anything for those
> subgroups, dropping the
> > Windows placement between version isn't a big deal.
> The main core things
> > to migrate is stuff that is a pain to setup again.
>
> Sorry I was unclear. I didn't mean migrating the
> values, just changing the
> section for all these keys.
>
> Regards,
> Borys
>
>
>
>
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