[QGIS-Developer] Change plugin name

[Nils Nolde]

Thx Denis, I'll opt for the elegant way:) Great suggestion.

On 27.11.18 14:58, Denis Rouzaud wrote:
> I see two ways of propagating the info:
> easy way: on qgis user mailing list
> elegant way: release a new version of your plugin which opens a dialog 
> after install (or at each startup, but it's a bit aggressive) which 
> tells your user that the plugin has been renamed.
>
> Denis
>
> Le mar. 27 nov. 2018 à 06:40, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it 
> <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> a écrit :
>
>     Il 2018-11-23 22:23 Nils Nolde ha scritto:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I'm the author of OSM Tools plugin. As several people (rightfully)
>     > pointed out, the name is way too generic (in my defense, when I set
>     > out I wanted it to be way more generic).
>     >
>     > Now, I'm a few versions in and I think a few people are using it and
>     > became sorta dependent on it. But I'd like to rename it to ORS
>     Tools,
>     > since that's much more to the point.
>     >
>     > Is there a graceful way to rename a plugin without re-releasing
>     under
>     > a new name? If not, any recommendations on how to propagate the
>     info?
>
>
>     I don't think there is a way to do so.
>     All the best.
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