[Qgis-psc] Plugins: old repo, migration

[Nathan Woodrow]

+1.  It doesn't take long to move a plugin over to the new one.
Having it around
is just confusing for people.

- Nathan

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Gary Sherman <gsherman at geoapt.com> wrote:
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> On May 11, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Borys Jurgiel wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
>>
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> 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.
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> Progress requires pain... :)
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> -gary
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