[QGIS-Developer] Separate namespaces for QGIS-LTR and QGIS (3)

[Carlo A. Bertelli (Charta s.r.l.)]

@Nathan: Yes, to be precise, I mean calling using a different name, say
qgis2 or qgis_ltr and using /usr/lib/libqgis2* instead
of /usr/lib/libqgis*, /usr/lib/qgis2 or /usr/lib/qgis-ltr,
/usr/share/qgis2, /usr/include/qgis2 instead of /usr/include/qgis,

@Richard: That's very good, I overlooked this feature. Anyway, I think the
casual user will never know and while working perfectly on the repository,
it needs two separate directory, say .qgis2 and .qgis3. Not difficult but
it should be easier for users to deal with these issues.

Anyway, thanks for considering this suggestion.
c

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
wrote:

> On 03-03-18 12:43, Carlo A. Bertelli (Charta s.r.l.) wrote:
> > From a user's point of view, having a tried and dependable LTR is an
> > important feature.
> > The new main version has finally addressed the needed upgrade of python
> > (2->3) and Qt (4->5) but also abandoned the idea of QGIS as a simple
> > viewer that acquires editing abilities by plugins. Plugins are not
> > anymore needed for several tasks and require sometimes a major upgrade,
> > because of the transition to python 3.
> > As the road map shows that the LTR version will rely on version 2 for a
> > fairly long time, what about letting it live in a separate namespace as
> > to let the two versions coexist, keeping the needed version 2 plugins
> > for the LTR?
>
> Not sure if you would call it a 'namespace', but by using the right
> values for
> *qgisMinimumVersion*
> and
> *qgisMaximumVersion*
> the plugins.qgis.org site can host both plugin versions at the same time.
>
> Personally I host one of my plugins separate for the 2.x branch and 3.x
> branch.
>
> If you use
> qgisMinimumVersion=3.0
> qgisMaximumVersion=3.99
> your plugin will only be visible in 3.x
>
> qgisMinimumVersion=2.0
> qgisMaximumVersion=2.99
> makes it only visible in 2.x
>
> both versions can coexist on plugins.qgis.org
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
>
On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure what you mean. Could you explain with an example.
>
> Regards,
> Nathan
>
>
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