[Qgis-psc] Plugins: old repo, migration

[Tim Sutton]

Hi



On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
> +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:
>>
>> 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.
>>>
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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.
>>
>> Progress requires pain... :)
>>
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>>
>> -gary
>>
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+1 Lets get into highlander mode....there can be only one....

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