[QGIS-Developer] Processing 3.0: Dropping SelectByAttribute algorithm

[Nyall Dawson]

On 13 July 2017 at 16:11, Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy at gmail.com> wrote:
> As part of the ongoing Processing upgrade and cleanup we should take
> the opportunity to get rid of duplicated algorithms.
>
> Now, when we have powerful "Select by expression" tool personally I see no
> reasons to keep "Select by attribute" which now provides only limited susbset
> of selection options. Any objections to delete "Select by attribute"?

My 2c - I'm a strong supporter of dropping redundant algs, but in this
case I'd say there's a valid use case for it (users who aren't
familiar/comfortable with QGIS' expression engine).

Nyall