[Qgis-psc] Plugins: old repo, migration

[Gary Sherman]

On May 10, 2012, at 3:20 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:

> Hi all.
> We currently have the new plugin webapp fully functional, going to be shipped with
> QGIS 1.8. Are we going to keep also the old repos as default ones?
> I would vote for:
> - asking the authors to move their plugins to the new one

+1
> - enabling the new one by default (this may already true)

+1
> - removing the old repos from the list of those available.

+1
> After all:
> - those who have installed a plugin can keep on using it (no regression)
> - if a dev is not willing to upload a file, he will probably will not maintain it anyway
> - the old repo can still be added by hand if needed.
> I know it's a bit late, but I think reducing the amount of duplication (perceived by
> users as chaos) is a good thing for QGIS, and this seems simple and painless.
> All the best.

I know that this may be controversial, but I think that the use of self-hosted/individual third-party repositories should be limited. There really is no reason for each developer to set up their own repo and ask users to add it to the plugin manager. In the case of organizations that develop/manage a large number of plugins, a separate repo may be reasonable.

-gary

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