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

[Thomas Baumann]

In the fixed version of the plugin I have written in the about section:
"about=THIS PLUGIN IS NO LONGER ACTIVELY MAINTAINED. PLEASE USE CADDIGITIZE
INSTEAD: https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/CADDigitize/"

So the idea behind the update is just to fix the problem for the users who
have installed the plugin and point them to an alternative.
I think that these users won't find out that they should get rid of the
plugin if it's just flagged as deprecated or does the user get a message
for already installed plugins if they get flagged as deprecated?


Am Mi., 6. Juni 2018 um 11:22 Uhr schrieb DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com>:

> 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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