[QGIS-Developer] Adding "Requirements" as optional field/entry/line in metadata.txt

[Paolo Cavallini]

Agreed, thanks. I suspect there is already a suggestion for this, could
you please check and open a ticket if not?
Would you be available helping us to implement it?
Thanks.

On 31/03/19 15:22, Tom Kralidis wrote:
> Good idea. Perhaps listing actual Python requirements or pointing to / assessing a requirements.txt type file is pushing it?
> 
> ..Tom
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 31, 2019, at 08:49, Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> As a user when searching and browsing for a plugin in QGIS extension
>> manager or on the website https://plugins.qgis.org/ , I think users
>> should be informed before hand about the requirements, dependencies
>> and restrictions of a plugin.
>>
>> These are possible requirements, dependencies and restrictions which
>> come to my mind: The plugin...
>> * is running only on one platform
>> * is depending on some other SW to be installed separately (because
>> it's not included in the QGIS installation),
>> * requires some registration or account.
>>
>> My suggestion is to add an optional field/entry/line in metadata.txt
>> called "Requirements" where requirements, dependencies and
>> restrictions are to be described.
>>
>> This entry would be mandatory if there exist such requirements. Some
>> dependencies and restrictions could potentially even be potentially
>> validated automatically.
>>
>> :Stefan
>>
>> P.S. I actually also thought about adding a "spatial extends"
>> attribute in metadata.txt in order to indicate that this plugin only
>> works for some specific countries or regions. But for now I'd just
>> prefer that the chapter "Recommendations" on
>> https://plugins.qgis.org/publish/ is being extended to mention that
>> spatial limitations to be mentioned in the plugin description!
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