[QGIS-Developer] Change plugin name

[Nils Nolde]

BTW, the installPlugin()/uninstallPlugin() method works beautifully! All 
from within OSMtools (which I think is a cleaner solution, rather than 
uninstalling from ORStools).

Will be available in 2-3 weeks:)

Cheers

Nils

On 27.11.18 15:52, Borys Jurgiel wrote:
> Dnia wtorek, 27 listopada 2018 12:58:50 CET Denis Rouzaud pisze:
>> I see two ways of propagating the info:
>> easy way: on qgis user mailing list
>> elegant way: release a new version of your plugin which opens a dialog
>> after install (or at each startup, but it's a bit aggressive) which tells
>> your user that the plugin has been renamed.
> I started to write exactly the same :-)  You can also call the plugin installer
> API in order to install ORSTools:
>
> import pyplugin_installer
> pyplugin_installer.instance().installPlugin('ORSTools', quiet=False)
>
> Uninstalling OSMTools from within itself may be more tricky, but should be
> possible as well. You may need to call the plugin's unload() method
> prior to uninstalling:
>
> self.unload()
> pyplugin_installer.instance().uninstallPlugin('opl_bazaprojektow', quiet=False)
>
> Also the uninstalling should be the very last line in the function (just don't try
> to do anything after it's removed).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Borys
>
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