[Qgis-psc] Plugins: old repo, migration

[Gary Sherman]

On May 11, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Borys Jurgiel wrote:

> Dnia czwartek, 10 maja 2012 o 20:04:47 Paolo Cavallini napisał(a):
>> Il 10/05/2012 19:54, Borys Jurgiel ha scritto:
>>> cent #1) I think we should remove the old repos from the Installer AFTER
>>> releasing 1.8. Now it's too early for it.
>> 
>> why, exactly? the only thing we would remove this way is the possibility of
>> installing plugins that have not yet been migrated, and have not been
>> installed previously.
> 
> Because many people use plugins scattered over old repositories and will be 
> confused if they will be unavailable in new installations. It's my opinion, 
> however, not very obstinate. You're right, users can just bother authors to 
> move useful plugins :)
> 
>> after all, it is easier to move a few zipfiles than adding the (nice, but
>> who's going to implement it?) functions you suggested.
> 
> Me... 
> 
> There was only one function I suggested: to remove (with user's permission of 
> course) old repositories. This function would be for QGIS 1.9/2.0 of course.
> 


Can we reach a consensus on this issue? Personally I would like to see the old repo (http://pyqgis.org/repo/contributed) removed from 1.8, if it is not too late.

Progress requires pain... :)



-gary

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