[QGIS-Developer] Dropping the extra label placement algorithms?

[Nyall Dawson]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 12:40, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey lists
>
> This was first discussed back in 2016 (see
> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Removal-of-labeling-search-methods-td5262743.html),
> but would anyone object if the different labeling solution algorithms
> eg "chain" / "pop music" / "falp" / etc were dropped, and we just
> leave the existing default (chain)?
>
> I don't think ANYONE knows what these mean, and it's a heck of a lot
> of code (which needs fixes) to cart around for no compelling reason
> that I can see.
>
> I have no particular preference to any of the methods, so would
> happily accept a different default if anyone out there can point to
> which method is best!
>
> Googling pop music / tabu / chain only gives a handful of results
> relating to QGIS labeling engine. And googling for "falp" sounds like
> something that would get you flagged on your company's firewall.
>
> Does ANYONE understand or change this setting? Or would object to its
> complete removal?

PR at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/30960

Last chance to save this setting!

Nyall