[Qgis-psc] Plugin management: one step forward

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi all,
an update on this issue:

Il 27/05/2016 19:32, Paolo Cavallini ha scritto:
> Il 27/05/2016 19:21, Paolo Cavallini ha scritto:
>> * to make our user safer, we decided to
>> ** Plugin manager: add a bigger warning "Use at your own risk"

done, thanks Alex Bruy

>> ** Plugin manager: make obvious to users (e.g. with a bold green tick)
>> which plugins are trusted; avoid any pejorative term for others (e.g.
>> "Untrusted")

done, thanks Alex Bruy

>> ** Pugin website: trust only core developers and those we can trust
>> personally
>> ** Send an email, as kind as possible, to all others, explaining the
>> reason why their trust has been removed

I'm going to do this now; thanks Alessandro Pasotti for help, and PSC
for support

>> ** Plugin website: make a better use of the tag "Featured", involving
>> the community to select the ones to include, and keep the list dynamic
>> and updated
>> ** Plugin manager: add an option "Show only featured plugins", ON by default

done, thanks Alex Bruy

>> * we also decided to start enforcing our licence, by preparing a
>> standard letter to those violating it (e.g. publishing a plugin with a
>> non GPL compatible licence)

process started now, thanks Tim for help writing the letter

> Addendum: make more evident on http://plugins.qgis.org/ that all plugins
> must have a GPL2 licence

done

>> * there are still plugins (mostly old ones) without a proper code repo
>> available; we can leave them for now, aiming to clean the situation when
>> migrating to Python3.

I believe this approach improves the robustness of our infrastucture,
and the reliability of the project as a whole.
As always, suggestions welcome.

All the best.
-- 
Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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