From rdmailings at duif.net Thu Oct 1 00:18:14 2026 From: rdmailings at duif.net (Richard Duivenvoorde) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 09:18:14 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] =?utf-8?q?Email_Already_Confirmed_=E2=80=93_Ple?= =?utf-8?q?ase_Recheck_Plugin_Status?= In-Reply-To: <862C7000-7E3E-4909-BA01-7F802812D31D@gmail.com> References: <862C7000-7E3E-4909-BA01-7F802812D31D@gmail.com> Message-ID: <7be2ac2e-38c0-463d-8eaa-73106cfead30@duif.net> Hi Both, Please Mustafa, be gentle to other devs. We are a community with a lot of volunteers. They (and I) put valuable personal time to get your plugins to appear in everybody's QGIS. Looking at your plugin and searching for returned mails on mUstafanehad188 at gmail.com (with U) the mail address that I find in plugins.qgis.org it appeared that I got no mails from you. Then I see that to the list you use: mOstafanehad188 at gmail.com (with O) is it possible that there is a mixup in your used/verified mail addresses? Regards, Richard Duivenvoorde On 10/1/26 08:39, Mustafa Elghaazaly via QGIS-Developer wrote: > ? > > > Hi Lova, > > Thank you for your reply. > > I believe there may be an issue with the plugin submission system or the status being displayed on your side. > > As shown in the attached screenshot, my email address mostafanehadl88 at gmail.com is already confirmed on the QGIS Plugins website. The confirmation page explicitly states: > > ?Email Confirmed? > > and shows that the address was confirmed on June 17, 2026 at 6:10 a.m. > > I have also completed the email confirmation process multiple times using the confirmation token/link, so I have done everything required from my side. > > Therefore, could you please recheck the plugin?s email verification status on the QGIS sideand confirm why it is still showing as ?Email confirmation pending?? > > At this point, the issue does not appear to be a missing confirmation from my side, and I would appreciate it if you could investigate whether the verification status is not being properly synchronized with the plugin review system. > > I have attached a screenshot of the confirmed email status for reference. > > Please let me know if you need anything else from me to resolve this. > > Best regards, > Mustafa Elghazaly > > image0.png >> > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer From rdmailings at duif.net Thu Oct 1 00:25:15 2026 From: rdmailings at duif.net (Richard Duivenvoorde) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 09:25:15 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] =?utf-8?q?Email_Already_Confirmed_=E2=80=93_Ple?= =?utf-8?q?ase_Recheck_Plugin_Status?= In-Reply-To: <7be2ac2e-38c0-463d-8eaa-73106cfead30@duif.net> References: <862C7000-7E3E-4909-BA01-7F802812D31D@gmail.com> <7be2ac2e-38c0-463d-8eaa-73106cfead30@duif.net> Message-ID: <3b74e1ae-7625-4097-a6d7-e172af98f863@duif.net> Duh, after sending my email I see that there were 2 mails 'pending' for this list, because the size of them mails was too big. And Lova already saw what I mentioned below... but his reply was held because he replied to the too big email of Mustafa... @all: please do not sent giant screendumps to the mail lists. Richard On 10/1/26 09:18, Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-Developer wrote: > Hi Both, > > Please Mustafa, be gentle to other devs. We are a community with a lot of volunteers. > They (and I) put valuable personal time to get your plugins to appear in everybody's QGIS. > > Looking at your plugin and searching for returned mails on > > mUstafanehad188 at gmail.com (with U) > > the mail address that I find in plugins.qgis.org it appeared that I got no mails from you. > > Then I see that to the list you use: > > mOstafanehad188 at gmail.com? (with O) > > is it possible that there is a mixup in your used/verified mail addresses? > > Regards, > > Richard Duivenvoorde > > > On 10/1/26 08:39, Mustafa Elghaazaly via QGIS-Developer wrote: >> ? >> >> >> Hi Lova, >> >> Thank you for your reply. >> >> I believe there may be an issue with the plugin submission system or the status being displayed on your side. >> >> As shown in the attached screenshot, my email address mostafanehadl88 at gmail.com is already confirmed on the QGIS Plugins website. The confirmation page explicitly states: >> >> ?Email Confirmed? >> >> and shows that the address was confirmed on June 17, 2026 at 6:10 a.m. >> >> I have also completed the email confirmation process multiple times using the confirmation token/link, so I have done everything required from my side. >> >> Therefore, could you please recheck the plugin?s email verification status on the QGIS sideand confirm why it is still showing as ?Email confirmation pending?? >> >> At this point, the issue does not appear to be a missing confirmation from my side, and I would appreciate it if you could investigate whether the verification status is not being properly synchronized with the plugin review system. >> >> I have attached a screenshot of the confirmed email status for reference. >> >> Please let me know if you need anything else from me to resolve this. >> >> Best regards, >> Mustafa Elghazaly >> >> image0.png >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-Developer mailing list >> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer From lova at kartoza.com Thu Oct 1 00:53:00 2026 From: lova at kartoza.com (Lova Andriarimalala) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 10:53:00 +0300 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] =?utf-8?q?Email_Already_Confirmed_=E2=80=93_Ple?= =?utf-8?q?ase_Recheck_Plugin_Status?= In-Reply-To: <3b74e1ae-7625-4097-a6d7-e172af98f863@duif.net> References: <862C7000-7E3E-4909-BA01-7F802812D31D@gmail.com> <7be2ac2e-38c0-463d-8eaa-73106cfead30@duif.net> <3b74e1ae-7625-4097-a6d7-e172af98f863@duif.net> Message-ID: Hi Richard, Thank you for the clarification and for the help. I will try to reduce my email content as well. Lova Andriarimalala *QGIS Full Stack Developer * On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 at 10:25, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: > Duh, after sending my email I see that there were 2 mails 'pending' for > this list, because the size of them mails was too big. > And Lova already saw what I mentioned below... but his reply was held > because he replied to the too big email of Mustafa... > > @all: please do not sent giant screendumps to the mail lists. > > Richard > > > On 10/1/26 09:18, Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-Developer wrote: > > Hi Both, > > > > Please Mustafa, be gentle to other devs. We are a community with a lot > of volunteers. > > They (and I) put valuable personal time to get your plugins to appear in > everybody's QGIS. > > > > Looking at your plugin and searching for returned mails on > > > > mUstafanehad188 at gmail.com (with U) > > > > the mail address that I find in plugins.qgis.org it appeared that I got > no mails from you. > > > > Then I see that to the list you use: > > > > mOstafanehad188 at gmail.com (with O) > > > > is it possible that there is a mixup in your used/verified mail > addresses? > > > > Regards, > > > > Richard Duivenvoorde > > > > > > On 10/1/26 08:39, Mustafa Elghaazaly via QGIS-Developer wrote: > >> ? > >> > >> > >> Hi Lova, > >> > >> Thank you for your reply. > >> > >> I believe there may be an issue with the plugin submission system or > the status being displayed on your side. > >> > >> As shown in the attached screenshot, my email address > mostafanehadl88 at gmail.com is already > confirmed on the QGIS Plugins website. The confirmation page explicitly > states: > >> > >> ?Email Confirmed? > >> > >> and shows that the address was confirmed on June 17, 2026 at 6:10 a.m. > >> > >> I have also completed the email confirmation process multiple times > using the confirmation token/link, so I have done everything required from > my side. > >> > >> Therefore, could you please recheck the plugin?s email verification > status on the QGIS sideand confirm why it is still showing as ?Email > confirmation pending?? > >> > >> At this point, the issue does not appear to be a missing confirmation > from my side, and I would appreciate it if you could investigate whether > the verification status is not being properly synchronized with the plugin > review system. > >> > >> I have attached a screenshot of the confirmed email status for > reference. > >> > >> Please let me know if you need anything else from me to resolve this. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Mustafa Elghazaly > >> > >> image0.png > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> QGIS-Developer mailing list > >> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > QGIS-Developer mailing list > > QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From matthias at opengis.ch Thu Oct 1 06:55:32 2026 From: matthias at opengis.ch (Matthias Kuhn) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 15:55:32 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS master update frequency for macOS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, The installer is generated and uploaded by a daily run of the https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-notarize repository. It should fetch the latest successful run of mac builds on the qgis/QGIS GitHub repository, notarize it and upload it to the QGIS download server; however, the logic that determines the latest version was broken. I just fixed that [1] and it's running for the latest build now [2] and should appear in a few moments. The workflow itself just uploads files to the download server, it doesn't alter the download page itself. I agree it would be nice to also show some build ID, if someone (wink @Lova ;-) ) can provide me with a way to do that I can adjust this. Thanks for reporting @Harrissou Matthias [1] https://github.com/qgis/qgis-notarize/commit/9ffd00943b925f3ded6e9c0d4b589a3e4bfeb6dc [2] https://github.com/qgis/qgis-notarize/actions/runs/36870615309 On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 2:54?PM DelazJ via QGIS-Developer < qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Hi devs, > I would like to know how often the master build for macOS provided in QGIS > website is supposed to be updated. This is not the first time I download > and install master to realize that it is few weeks old. The current one, > updated yesterday afaict (https://qgis.org/downloads-list/#macos), > provides a QGIS master of two weeks ago. > > Can someone explain the process, please? Thanks. > > _BTW: it would really help if the commit SHA could be shown somewhere in > the website to avoid us downloading multiple times the same 1.5GB data._ > > Regards, > Harrissou > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andreaerdna at libero.it Thu Oct 1 06:04:55 2026 From: andreaerdna at libero.it (Andrea Giudiceandrea) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 15:04:55 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS master update frequency for macOS Message-ID: <73a045ab-8f07-4ad4-a9f4-b79f2dc6087b@libero.it> > [QGIS-Developer] QGIS master update frequency for macOS > DelazJ delazj at gmail.com > Thu Oct 1 05:53:48 PDT 2026 > _BTW: it would really help if the commit SHA could be shown somewhere in the website to avoid us downloading multiple times the same 1.5GB data._ Hi Harrissou, you can find the first 7 characters of the commit's SHA in the .sha256sum sidecar file also available on the server https://qgis.org/downloads/macos/qgis-macos-master.sha256sum 67d1274ceb477c8065533b4e792d064f99b93a80f4e0bab0c8e468405ee2dc27 QGIS-master-aef73ab.dmg Regards. Andrea From andreaerdna at libero.it Thu Oct 1 06:01:37 2026 From: andreaerdna at libero.it (Andrea Giudiceandrea) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 15:01:37 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS master update frequency for macOS Message-ID: <269b06b4-54de-4cff-933c-62bf4ea53729@libero.it> > [QGIS-Developer] QGIS master update frequency for macOS > DelazJ delazj at gmail.com > Thu Oct 1 05:53:48 PDT 2026 > _BTW: it would really help if the commit SHA could be shown somewhere in the website to avoid us downloading multiple times the same 1.5GB data._ Hi Harrissou, you can find the first 7 characters of the SHA 67d1274ceb477c8065533b4e792d064f99b93a80f4e0bab0c8e468405ee2dc27 QGIS-master-aef73ab.dmg https://qgis.org/downloads/macos/qgis-macos-master.sha256sum From delazj at gmail.com Thu Oct 1 07:13:40 2026 From: delazj at gmail.com (DelazJ) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:13:40 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS master update frequency for macOS In-Reply-To: <73a045ab-8f07-4ad4-a9f4-b79f2dc6087b@libero.it> References: <73a045ab-8f07-4ad4-a9f4-b79f2dc6087b@libero.it> Message-ID: <26E97106-C044-47AC-A6AE-6EB4D36CBB35@gmail.com> Aaahh! Great, Andrea. Thank you. Harrissou Le 1 octobre 2026 15:04:55 GMT+02:00, Andrea Giudiceandrea via QGIS-Developer a ?crit : >> [QGIS-Developer] QGIS master update frequency for macOS >> DelazJ delazj at gmail.com >> Thu Oct 1 05:53:48 PDT 2026 > >> _BTW: it would really help if the commit SHA could be shown somewhere in the website to avoid us downloading multiple times the same 1.5GB data._ > >Hi Harrissou, >you can find the first 7 characters of the commit's SHA in the .sha256sum sidecar file also available on the server https://qgis.org/downloads/macos/qgis-macos-master.sha256sum > >67d1274ceb477c8065533b4e792d064f99b93a80f4e0bab0c8e468405ee2dc27 QGIS-master-aef73ab.dmg > >Regards. > >Andrea >_______________________________________________ >QGIS-Developer mailing list >QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org >List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From delazj at gmail.com Thu Oct 1 07:14:34 2026 From: delazj at gmail.com (DelazJ) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:14:34 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS master update frequency for macOS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0C1A82A2-B9BE-4569-BF88-7BB6F548DB34@gmail.com> Hi, Thanks Matthias for the fix and the explanation. Harrissou Le 1 octobre 2026 15:55:32 GMT+02:00, Matthias Kuhn a ?crit : >Hi, > >The installer is generated and uploaded by a daily run of the >https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-notarize repository. > >It should fetch the latest successful run of mac builds on the qgis/QGIS >GitHub repository, notarize it and upload it to the QGIS download server; >however, the logic that determines the latest version was broken. >I just fixed that [1] and it's running for the latest build now [2] and >should appear in a few moments. > >The workflow itself just uploads files to the download server, it doesn't >alter the download page itself. >I agree it would be nice to also show some build ID, if someone (wink @Lova >;-) ) can provide me with a way to do that I can adjust this. > >Thanks for reporting @Harrissou >Matthias > >[1] >https://github.com/qgis/qgis-notarize/commit/9ffd00943b925f3ded6e9c0d4b589a3e4bfeb6dc >[2] https://github.com/qgis/qgis-notarize/actions/runs/36870615309 > > > >On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 2:54?PM DelazJ via QGIS-Developer < >qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > >> Hi devs, >> I would like to know how often the master build for macOS provided in QGIS >> website is supposed to be updated. 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URL: From jchaar at k2geospatial.com Thu Oct 1 07:29:26 2026 From: jchaar at k2geospatial.com (Jacob Chaar) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 10:29:26 -0400 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] Plugin approval pending: JMap Cloud version 1.0.8 Message-ID: <5C438EE8-3189-4252-B859-EC5108A5C7BE@k2geospatial.com> Hello everyone, I uploaded a new version of my plugin, JMap Cloud version 1.0.8, to the QGIS plugin repository on Monday, September 28, and it is still awaiting approval. I re-uploaded it this morning (October 1) in case something went wrong with the first upload, but its status hasn't changed. Plugin page: https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/JMapCloud/#plugin-about Version: 1.0.8 As far as I can tell, I haven't received any reviewer feedback by email or on the version page, and the security/QA checks passed. The metadata includes an updated changelog and a version bump, and the homepage, repository, and tracker links are working. I understand volunteers handle approvals, so I appreciate your time. If something in this version needs fixing, please let me know, and I'll correct it right away. Thank you, Jacob C. Username on QGIS: k2dev From regis at qgis.org Thu Oct 1 10:15:27 2026 From: regis at qgis.org (=?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=A9gis_Haubourg?=) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 19:15:27 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] Are there any real mandatory rules for publishing a plugin? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3d11419e-0ee2-4853-8cdf-a39e7653399f@qgis.org> Good, we have lots of ideas to process here. Does someone would take the lead for a workshop during the contributor meeting next week ? The process is simple : just add a track at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/29th-Contributor-Meeting-in-Switzerland#thursday-sessions and send a message to the list and our brand new Signal contributor channel Best regards, R?gis Haubourg Elected member at the Program Steering Comitee of QGIS.org. - On 30/09/2026 16:25, Nicolas Godet wrote: > Hi R?gis, > > Indeed, 2 categories were what I had in mind: official/trusted/approved/name_TBD and community (all other plugins). > > To be listed in the first one would require a large amount of downloads/stars, should work on current supported QGIS versions (to filter heavily downloaded old plugins which are not useful anymore but maintainers did not deprecate them), new plugins could apply on motivated candidature proving why they should be listed, automatic listing from trusted users? > All above are raw ideas. > > New checkbox in plugin manager to enable community plugins with a clear warning that using these plugins is at your own risk. > > I do not know the current workflow for plugin approval, how many people have approving rights, the approval checklist, etc. I know some work has been done to document the process, but looking at Admire?s answer in a separate thread, approval rules need some polishing and hardening to avoid the loss of trust in the QGIS plugin repository. > > Kind regards, > Nicolas > >> Le 30 sept. 2026 ? 13:59, R?gis Haubourg via QGIS-Developer a ?crit : >> ?Hi, I agree that our community repository is really large now and the world has changed. What should be the direction we should take according to you? Something like an official repo, with a real security triage, and a filter of really up to date and active tools? >> And besides this, community repositories, not activated by default ? Thanks for your ideas, user conference and community meeting is next week and a dedicated session would be wonderful >> Cheers >> R?gis >> >> >> On 30/09/2026 13:31, Nicolas Godet via QGIS-Developer wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> I can?t agree more on the fact that the plugin repo has become a wild jungle with less and less interest in digging into it to find an innovative one. >>> A few years ago, I spent a few minutes each week looking at each new plugin (because there were only ten or so). Now, I don?t look at new plugins anymore because there are too many of them and most of them are a duplicate of another plugin or, even worse, of a core feature. >>> I think new rules should be put in place or at least a way to distinguish good, community-approved plugins from the nonsense garbage in the quest for likes for their LinkedIn post. >>> Kind regards, >>> Nicolas >>>> Le 29 sept. 2026 ? 17:45, Stefano Campus via QGIS-Developer developer at lists.osgeo.org> a ?crit : >>>> ? >>>> Good morning, >>>> a few days ago, a plugin [1] was released that is a fork of an > existing plugin which had been updated (without the original plugin > author being notified) to QGIS 4. >>>> The GitHub repository has issues disabled, so it is not possible to > report bugs that are present. >>>> But shouldn?t it be mandatory to have issue reporting enabled? >>>> Furthermore, the proliferation of plugins makes it difficult to find > the truly innovative ones. >>>> So we see plugins that replicate core functions, perhaps giving them a > more appealing user interface >>>> Where can I report this to the team that coordinates the plugins? >>>> Do you think we should report these anomalies? >>>> Many thanks >>>> stefano >>>> [1] https://github.com/veogeo/go3streetview veogeo/go3streetview> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> QGIS-Developer mailing list >>>> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org >>>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> _______________________________________________ >>> QGIS-Developer mailing list >>> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-Developer mailing list >> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer From celia.buira at gmail.com Thu Oct 1 12:15:40 2026 From: celia.buira at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?Q8OpbGlhIEJ1aXJh?=) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 21:15:40 +0200 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] Are there any real mandatory rules for publishing a plugin? In-Reply-To: <3d11419e-0ee2-4853-8cdf-a39e7653399f@qgis.org> References: <3d11419e-0ee2-4853-8cdf-a39e7653399f@qgis.org> Message-ID: A few more ideas to throw in: On the metadata: Adding more tags is a good idea to me, I would also consider the following tags * isLocal: Yes/No ? * If yes, what is the geographic scale : Supranational body/ national / regional / city ? * Connect to the internet: Yes/No ? * Is a fork: Yes / No ? Of which plugin ? Periodically ping homepage/code repository url see if they are still valid and send a warning to plugin maintainer. On the plugin review/autocheck: Thanks a lot @Admire, for the hard work of reviewing plugins, it is a tricky position to be the one deciding the fate of the plugin, I think this burden should not rest on the shoulders of a single individual, and should instead be community shared. Blender does something like that, with an approval queue when anyone can comment with a few labels awaiting for review/ awaiting for change etc... before the final green light [1] To reduce the burden on reviewers and to remove one of my biggest frustrations which is when you install a plugin and it instantaneously crashes on install. We could introduce an autocheck with the QGIS docker image, and a script that mimic what QGIS is doing when it install a plugin, the code is already mostly in python and is located here : see `loadPlugin` and `startPlugin` in utils.py [2] I would do this check for the latest LTS and latest stable if the plugin supports it, and to be fair I would purge any plugins from the repository that doesn't comply with it today. I would also add a certain time threshold a plugin has to live *outside* of plugins.qgis before someone can submit it to the community repository. Finally a more economical/ socially fair reflexion : > the ease of publishing plugins is one of QGIS strengths. Anyone can push a plugin for his colleagues/friends It's probably what made the QGIS ecosystem what it is today, but it could also be what's killing it now that anyone can vibe code a plugin with a single prompt. Don't get me wrong, vibe coding a plugin to speedup your specific workflow is perfectly fine. but not at the expense of QGIS.org infrastructure. In this regard I would probably try to identify the free-rider commercial projects that outsource the cost of hosting/distributing a plugin without contributing back to QGIS.org. Looking forward to discuss this in Laax, Cheers, C?lia [1] https://extensions.blender.org/approval-queue/?page=2 [2] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/1407f8dbd6528108944e7a8dd2bead5cb7c35c13/python/utils.py#L437 Le jeu. 1 oct. 2026 ? 19:15, R?gis Haubourg via QGIS-Developer a ?crit : > > Good, we have lots of ideas to process here. > Does someone would take the lead for a workshop during the contributor > meeting next week ? > The process is simple : just add a track at > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/29th-Contributor-Meeting-in-Switzerland#thursday-sessions > and send a message to the list and our brand new Signal contributor channel > > > Best regards, > > R?gis Haubourg > Elected member at the Program Steering Comitee of QGIS.org. > - > > On 30/09/2026 16:25, Nicolas Godet wrote: > > Hi R?gis, > > > > Indeed, 2 categories were what I had in mind: official/trusted/approved/name_TBD and community (all other plugins). > > > > To be listed in the first one would require a large amount of downloads/stars, should work on current supported QGIS versions (to filter heavily downloaded old plugins which are not useful anymore but maintainers did not deprecate them), new plugins could apply on motivated candidature proving why they should be listed, automatic listing from trusted users? > > All above are raw ideas. > > > > New checkbox in plugin manager to enable community plugins with a clear warning that using these plugins is at your own risk. > > > > I do not know the current workflow for plugin approval, how many people have approving rights, the approval checklist, etc. I know some work has been done to document the process, but looking at Admire?s answer in a separate thread, approval rules need some polishing and hardening to avoid the loss of trust in the QGIS plugin repository. > > > > Kind regards, > > Nicolas > > > >> Le 30 sept. 2026 ? 13:59, R?gis Haubourg via QGIS-Developer a ?crit : > >> ?Hi, I agree that our community repository is really large now and the world has changed. What should be the direction we should take according to you? Something like an official repo, with a real security triage, and a filter of really up to date and active tools? > >> And besides this, community repositories, not activated by default ? Thanks for your ideas, user conference and community meeting is next week and a dedicated session would be wonderful > >> Cheers > >> R?gis > >> > >> > >> On 30/09/2026 13:31, Nicolas Godet via QGIS-Developer wrote: > >>> Dear all, > >>> I can?t agree more on the fact that the plugin repo has become a wild jungle with less and less interest in digging into it to find an innovative one. > >>> A few years ago, I spent a few minutes each week looking at each new plugin (because there were only ten or so). Now, I don?t look at new plugins anymore because there are too many of them and most of them are a duplicate of another plugin or, even worse, of a core feature. > >>> I think new rules should be put in place or at least a way to distinguish good, community-approved plugins from the nonsense garbage in the quest for likes for their LinkedIn post. > >>> Kind regards, > >>> Nicolas > >>>> Le 29 sept. 2026 ? 17:45, Stefano Campus via QGIS-Developer developer at lists.osgeo.org> a ?crit : > >>>> ? > >>>> Good morning, > >>>> a few days ago, a plugin [1] was released that is a fork of an > existing plugin which had been updated (without the original plugin > author being notified) to QGIS 4. > >>>> The GitHub repository has issues disabled, so it is not possible to > report bugs that are present. > >>>> But shouldn?t it be mandatory to have issue reporting enabled? > >>>> Furthermore, the proliferation of plugins makes it difficult to find > the truly innovative ones. > >>>> So we see plugins that replicate core functions, perhaps giving them a > more appealing user interface > >>>> Where can I report this to the team that coordinates the plugins? > >>>> Do you think we should report these anomalies? > >>>> Many thanks > >>>> stefano > >>>> [1] https://github.com/veogeo/go3streetview veogeo/go3streetview> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> QGIS-Developer mailing list > >>>> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > >>>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> QGIS-Developer mailing list > >>> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >> _______________________________________________ > >> QGIS-Developer mailing list > >> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer From Umar.Sarwar at oldham.gov.uk Fri Oct 2 07:16:45 2026 From: Umar.Sarwar at oldham.gov.uk (Umar Sarwar) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 14:16:45 +0000 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS to work without CMD or Powershell possible? Message-ID: Hi, I need some advice please. We are currently trialling to block usage of command prompt and powershell scripts on users' Pcs however this has been causing issues with QGIS as QGIS requires some .bat files running prior to the application opening. Is there a way that we can utilise QGIS and Python within QGIS successfully in a format that doesn't require cmd or powershell? ================= Best regards, Umar Sarwar Systems and Applications Officer Technology and Digital Services Oldham Council Spindles Shopping Centre, George Street, Oldham OL1 1HD ********************************************************************** Confidentiality: This email and its contents and any attachments are intended only for the above named. 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Is there a way that we can utilise QGIS and Python within QGIS successfully in a format that doesn't require cmd or powershell? ================= Best regards, Umar Sarwar Systems and Applications Officer Technology and Digital Services Oldham Council Spindles Shopping Centre, George Street, Oldham OL1 1HD [https://www.oldham.gov.uk/email-image] ________________________________ Confidentiality: This email and its contents and any attachments are intended only for the above named. As the email may contain confidential or legally privileged information, if you are not, or suspect that you are not, the above named or the person responsible for delivery of the message to the above named, please delete or destroy the email and any attachments immediately. Security and Viruses: This note confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Umar, well as long as Python is authorized on the workstation, the exec_command is also possible from Python. Power users often run command line tools like gdal to automate tasks. Be aware that GIS users are often power users, flirting with dev, datascience automation and the best security feature for them is securing the OS environnement and network / datasources privileges. QGIS without python support is also possible, but is probably not helping anyone, in that case, you should aim toward a web app. On 02/10/2026 16:17, Umar Sarwar via QGIS-Developer wrote: > > > ================= > > Best regards, > > Umar Sarwar > > Systems and Applications Officer > > Technology and Digital Services > > Oldham Council > > Spindles Shopping Centre, George Street, Oldham OL1 1HD > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* QGIS-Developer on > behalf of Umar Sarwar via QGIS-Developer > *Sent:* 02 October 2026 15:16 > *To:* qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org > *Subject:* [QGIS-Developer] QGIS to work without CMD or Powershell > possible? > Hi, > > I need some advice please. We are currently trialling to block usage of > command prompt and powershell scripts on users' Pcs however this has > been causing issues with QGIS as QGIS requires some .bat files running > prior to the application opening. Is there a way that we can utilise > QGIS and Python within QGIS successfully in a format that doesn't > require cmd or powershell? > > > ================= > > Best regards, > > Umar Sarwar > > Systems and Applications Officer > > Technology and Digital Services > > Oldham Council > > Spindles Shopping Centre, George Street, Oldham OL1 1HD > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Confidentiality*: This email and its contents and any attachments are > intended only for the above named. As the email may contain confidential > or legally privileged information, if you are not, or suspect that you > are not, the above named or the person responsible for delivery of the > message to the above named, please delete or destroy the email and any > attachments immediately. > > *Security and Viruses*:?This note confirms that this email message has > been swept for the presence of computer viruses. 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Further > information on how we use personal information and individual's privacy > rights can be found at www.oldham.gov.uk/dataprotection www.oldham.gov.uk/dataprotection> > > *Legal documents*:?The Council does not accept service of legal > documents by email. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > From nyall.dawson at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 13:18:25 2026 From: nyall.dawson at gmail.com (Nyall Dawson) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 06:18:25 +1000 Subject: [QGIS-Developer] QEP428: No ai contributions permitted In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, 24 Sept 2026, 5:55?pm Nyall Dawson, wrote: > Hi list, > > I've just submitted "QEP428: No ai contributions permitted", > formalising the previously discussed moratorium on AI/LLM/Agent based > contributions. > This has now passed the two week discussion period and has moved to the voting stage. 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