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

[DelazJ]

Hi,
Should we not take the occasion to get rid of this plugin

2018-06-06 11:13 GMT+02:00 L.Bartoletti <lbartoletti at tuxfamily.org>:

>
>
> No offense to my question, but why use this plugin again, since
> CADDigitize or QAD (and maybe others) do the same job (better) and more?
>
> Agreed  with Loïc. We often claim and try (Paolo?) to avoid redundant
plugins. If in this case there are (better?) alternatives, we should not
revive the plugin imho.
I'd be in favor of fixing the current issue of freeze while deprecating it
with a message in its description (in Plugin Manager) inviting potential
users to migrate to the alternatives.

Regards,
Harrissou

Regards
>
> Loïc
>
>
> On 06.06.2018 10:48, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> > On 2018-06-06 10:34, Thomas Baumann wrote:
> >> Am Di., 5. Juni 2018 um 19:08 Uhr schrieb Loïc Bartoletti
> >> <lbartoletti at tuxfamily.org>:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I forked it some years ago since it wasn't maintained, see
> >>> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/CADDigitize/
> >>>
> >>> FYI, it's integrated into QGIS 3.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>> Loïc
> >
> >>
> >> NOW I TRIED TO UPLOAD A NEW VERSION OF THE PLUGIN WITH THE BUGFIX AT
> >> HTTPS://PLUGINS.QGIS.ORG/PLUGINS/ADD/ BUT I GET FOLLOWING
> >> ERROR-MESSAGE:
> >>
> >>  "You cannot modifiy this plugin. "
> >>
> >> How should I proceed?
> >>
> >> Thomas
> >
> > I'm happy to move owner/maintainership to Thomas or Loïc, if needed.
> >
> > But it is not fully clear to me about which plugin (version) you
> > (Thomas) are talking?
> >
> > So please:
> > - make sure you have consent from the old maintainer to take over
> > - sent me your username
> > - the name of the plugin that you want ownership of
> > - fix metadata of your new version so you credit yourself AND old
> > maintainer
> > - fix metadata so it points to your new maintained repo/docs/plugin site.
> >
> > Then we can move maintainership (and/or remove deprecated flag)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Richard Duivenvoorde
>
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