[QGIS-Developer] [Qgis-psc] Call for possible vote on change to official plugin repo policy?

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Nyall, all,

Il 19/02/2018 05:54, Nyall Dawson ha scritto:

> "Should the official QGIS plugin repository flag plugins which have
> known serious issues, and hide these plugins from users unless a 'Show
> plugins with known issues' checkbox is ticked?"

> So my proposal is that:
> - if a plugin has known, serious issues we contact the plugin author
> to notify them
> - we add a flag to the plugin to indicate it has known issues
> - these plugins are not shown by default - users must opt in via a
> checkbox (much like the "show experimental" check box)
> - if/when the plugin fixes the issues, the flag is removed

I fully understand and support your concerns. Why not simply deprecating
these plugin? I have adopted this approach (much too rarely, trying not
to hurt authors too much) in the past, and I found it simple and
effective. Once issues are fixed, I simply remove the `deprecated` flag,
et voilà.
Not sure we need a vote for this, just establishing sensible guidelines
should be enough.
All the best.

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