[QGIS-Developer] Dropping requirement for public repos for plugins?

[Borys Jurgiel]

Well, personally I tend to look at the code I'm going to run on my 
machine if I don't know the author ;)

Even without examining the code, the repository gives you some overview 
of how actively developed it is and who is contributing. Also a 
bugtracker is much easier to use if it's connected to the code.

Regards,

Borys


W dniu 12.10.2026 o 23:55, Nyall Dawson via QGIS-Developer pisze:
> Hi list,
> 
> Maybe I'm just old and jaded, but I'm being increasingly troubled by the 
> likelihood that any code I push to a public repository (regardless of 
> where that code is hosted) is just going on to fuel the coming 
> apocalypse 😂.
> 
> We currently have a requirement that plugins must have a public code 
> repository before they can be published on the plugin repo. Would 
> dropping this requirement be considered?
> 
> There's nothing in the GPL itself which mandates this. The code will 
> still be available in the plugin zip download, which satisfies that license.
> 
> Nyall
> 
> 
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