[QGIS-Developer] Windows only version of a QGIS 2.18x plugin

[Alessandro Pasotti]

On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 7:28 AM <Christina.Ratcliff at csiro.au> wrote:

> Hi QGIS dev list,
>
> I have just uploaded a new QGIS 2.18.x plugin called PAT - Precision
> Agriculture Tools.  It relies on VESPER,  a Windows only bit of software so
> therefore I went ahead writing a Windows only plugin using QGIS 2.18.x and
> the non-QGIS Python dependencies of rasterio, Fiona, geopandas and our
> pyprecag package.
>
> The majority of our users are Windows users and are the likes of Farmers
> and Ag consultants with no programming experience and very little QGIS
> experience which also led to the decision of making PAT a Windows only
> plugin. I have developed a series of dependency checks based on the Windows
> environment and create a Windows batchfile that the user can launch to
> install the Python dependencies correctly for use with QGIS.
>
> On uploading to the QGIS repository I have been advised by @pcav (see
> https://github.com/CSIRO-Precision-Agriculture/PAT_QGIS_Plugin/issues/7 )
> that PAT must support Linux and OSX operating environments. I have had a
> look on https://plugins.qgis.org/ and I cannot find where this is listed
> in bullet points under *how to add your plugin to this repository* as a
> requirement for the approval of plugins. @pcav advised that I email this
> list regarding this issue.
>
> Is it acceptable to add a line in the metadata.txt file clearly pointing
> out that this plugin is to be used in Windows only and will it still be
> approved for the QGIS plugin repository?
>
> If not what are my options?
> Are there any guides on how to best setup and test QGIS plugins for Linux
> and OSX environments? I only have access to Windows at the moment and I am
> a novice at Python programming in these other environments.
>
>


Hi Christina,

I'm not sure if I get your questions right, but one of the best things of
Python is that is very portable across different operating systems, if you
want to set up a testing environment for your plugins you could start with
a Linux Ubuntu 18.04 virtual machine and install QGIS inside it.



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Alessandro Pasotti
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