[QGIS-Developer] Renaming a plugin directory?

[Lova Andriarimalala]

Dear Hannes,

Sure, I think that's a great idea.
I think it's better to rename the old plugin first if you want to keep the
same name for the new one, as uploading a new plugin with an existing name
is not allowed. Please, feel free to let me know if you need help with
this. It's also possible to update the name from the metadata, although
this option is disabled by default.

Best regards,

Lova Andriarimalala


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On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 at 14:34, Johannes Kröger (WhereGroup) <
johannes.kroeger at wheregroup.com> wrote:

> Hi Lova,
>
> thanks for your swift response!
>
> That's what I expected and what seems very reasonable, considering the
> potential for problems. I think we will simply publish a new version of the
> old plugin to display a message to our (few) existing users and create a
> "new" plugin for the new version.
>
> That should keep surprise factor low and allow a clean cut without any
> unforeseen issues.
>
> Are we able to upload a new plugin that uses the same name as the
> existing, deprecated one? Or do we have to choose a new name (or a
> different name for the old one) first?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Cheers, Hannes
> On 11.10.24 15:21, Lova Andriarimalala wrote:
>
> Dear Hannes,
>
> At the moment, it's not possible to change a plugin's directory name
> (package_name) even through the administration page.
>
> This feature was previously requested with a PR, but it was closed due to
> potential client-side issues. When the package_name changes, QGIS may
> recognize the plugin as a new one, leading to possible installation errors.
> You can find the related PR and a more detailed discussion about it at
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Django/pull/271.
>
> However, we are open to new ideas and suggestions on this matter. I can
> also re-check the feature to have an updated detail about it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lova Andriarimalala
>
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> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 at 14:30, Johannes Kröger (WhereGroup) via
> QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi there!
>>
>> Wonderful people from Oslandia have started collaborating on our
>> experimental (and somewhat buggy) Profile Manager plugin.
>>
>> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/profile-manager/
>> https://github.com/WhereGroup/profile-manager/
>>
>> One of the changes was restructuring the repository and using a
>> PEP8-compliant directory name for the plugin's module directory
>> ("profile_manager" instead of "profile-manager").
>>
>> Now the automated CI/CD upload of new releases fails. Presumably because
>> the site expects "profile_manager".
>>
>> https://github.com/WhereGroup/profile-manager/issues/10#issuecomment-2402479699
>>
>> Would it be possible to update that on the plugin's existing Plugins
>> repository entry?
>>
>> I saw
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2024-May/066744.html
>> but that was only for the user visible name, the plugin's URL and the
>> installed directory name stayed the same.
>>
>> What would it mean for existing users?
>> Would they simply not be notified about new releases, and have to
>> install the "new" plugin manually?
>> Or would something break and require manual intervention, e.g. two
>> version of the plugin being installed and loaded, one in
>> plugins/profile_manager and the old one in plugins/profile-manager?
>>
>> Cheers, Hannes
>>
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