<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Sebastian and Richard,</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry for the late reply.</div><div><br></div><div>The deprecated flag can be set mainly by the plugin's author, but I agree with the idea of adding some notes on why it's marked as such.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Out of curiosity , where would the discussion around the issue happen? Here? <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Plugins-Website/issues" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Plugins-Website/issues</a></blockquote><div>Yes, that would be the main entry. Please feel free to suggest the idea there. I can also help with creating the issue if needed (please just let me know) and work on it later. </div><div>However, please note that this new field will probably be shown only in the plugin's details on the website. I wonder if some modification is needed from the plugin manager on the desktop side.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Lova Andriarimalala</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>QGIS Full Stack Developer <br><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>T </b>: +27(0) 87 809 2702 <b>E </b>:<b> </b><a href="mailto:lova@kartoza.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">lova@kartoza.com</a> <b>W</b> : <a href="http://kartoza.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">kartoza.com</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><img src="https://kartoza.com/files/KartozaEmailSignature.gif"><br></div><div><br></div><i>This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you </i><div><i>have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying</i></div><div><i>of the contents is prohibited.</i></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 at 22:27, Sebastian Gutwein via QGIS-Developer <<a href="mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Richard, <div>It does not show up in new anymore. However it also doesn't have the Deprecated warning that I see in your screenshot.</div><div>I would think that it would be as important for people who are currently using a plugin to know that it is depreciated as those who are wanting to install one. </div><div>See screenshot below. An alert, like what happens with plugins with updates, for deprecated plugins might be a good idea. </div><div><img src="cid:ii_md4vxccd0" alt="image.png" width="225" height="129" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div><br></div><div>Out of curiosity where would the discussion around the issue happen? Here? <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Plugins-Website/issues" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Plugins-Website/issues</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM Richard Duivenvoorde <<a href="mailto:rdmailings@duif.net" target="_blank">rdmailings@duif.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 11-07-2025 16:33, Sebastian Gutwein via QGIS-Developer wrote:<br>
> Is there a way to determine why it was depreciated?<br>
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Nope, I think it is a decision of the plugin maker.<br>
And I see you are already approaching the dev (using an issue on github).<br>
Another way would be to sent the dev an email (see metadata.txt on github)<br>
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> If there was a security issue or licensing issue would that be reported somewhere?<br>
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There is <a href="mailto:security@qgis.org" target="_blank">security@qgis.org</a>, but I haven't seen something about this plugin.<br>
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If during the approval process 'we' discuss a licensing issue that is mostly discussed via an issue (and I do not see that).<br>
Not sure if Google would play that transparently...<br>
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> It doesn't seem that there is any indication in the plugins manager that flags plugins as depreciated. Is this a security risk?<br>
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You need to check the 'also show deprecated plugins' to actually SEE the plugin.<br>
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With me then the name is grayed out and it is very clear the plugin is deprecated (see screenie).<br>
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Deprecation does not have to do anything with security, it can also be the coder does not want to develop the plugin anymore, or are other (personal) issues. (in this case, maybe Google hinted the person to it's rules about the user of Google services....).<br>
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I see there is no license in the code or rep... but there should be a gpl-licence there, so (then) you would have been free to fork it....<br>
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IF you did not see the plugin normally (without the 'deprication'-checkbox checked), but it showed up in the NEW, THAT would be an bug, I'd say...<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Richard Duivenvoorde</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">___________________________<br><div dir="ltr"><span>Sebastian "Bas* " Gutwein</span></div><div><span><span>*rhymes with Josh <br></span></span></div><div><span><span><br></span></span></div>Regenerative Design Group<br>1 Chevalier Ave<br>Greenfield, Ma 01301<br>Web: <a href="http://regenerativedesigngroup.com" target="_blank">regenerativedesigngroup.com</a><br>(631) 241-1018<br><br><div dir="ltr"><i><span><span>Look close, think big, make change. </span></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div></div></div>
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