[QGIS-Developer] Rectangles-Ovals-Digitizing plugin deprecated

[Matthias Kuhn]

On 06/05/2018 03:39 PM, Thomas Baumann wrote:
> Am Di., 5. Juni 2018 um 14:29 Uhr schrieb Matthias Kuhn
> <matthias at opengis.ch <mailto:matthias at opengis.ch>>:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 06/05/2018 02:12 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote:
>     > On 5 June 2018 at 21:51, Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch
>     <mailto:matthias at opengis.ch>> wrote:
>     >> I have never used the plugin but repeatedly seen its name
>     mentioned, so
>     >> I assume it's widely used?
>     >>
>     >> In this case, it would be great if someone could volunteer as a new
>     >> maintainer for the plugin. I think the minimal amount of work
>     would be
>     >> to merge pull requests and upload patched releases to the plugin
>     repository.
>     >
>     > It's not needed anymore - 3.0 has the built in rectangles and ovals
>     > digitising tools.
> 
>     That's good news, but for the current LTR and as general question on
>     deprecating plugins I think it's still a valid request ;-)
> 
>     Matthias
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Are the build in rectangles and ovals tools in QGIS 3 maptools to
> digitize objects in a polygon-layer or 'just' an algorithm of the
> processing toolbox?
> 
> A fixed version of the plugin is available at
> https://github.com/rdbath/RectOvalDigitPlugin for people who would still
> like to use the plugin.
> I was just thinking about if I should volunteer as a maintainer but I
> think the code of the plugin is in general a bit "stale" and would need
> an overhaul for which I just don't have the time to do that.
> So I am not sure if it's a good idea to make a new version of the plugin
> available even if the major problem of the plugin is fixed.
> 
> Thomas
> 

>From my point of view, this patch should be shipped even without a
general overhaul.
The plugin in use and probably causing data loss, reducing productivity
and giving bad reputation for QGIS (I guess many are not aware that it's
actually a plugin which is responsible for the situation, that their
QGIS is slowing down).

Matthias