[Qgis-psc] Fwd: Windows only version of a QGIS 2.18x plugin

[Paolo Cavallini]

do you mean:
we encourage plugins to support all platforms QGIS runs on
?

On 08/03/19 13:33, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> On 3/8/19 1:00 PM, Tim Sutton wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 08 Mar 2019, at 13:55, Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch
>>> <mailto:matthias at opengis.ch>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Paolo,
>>>
>>> That's my perception as well, we welcome every (open) plugin but
>>> encourage multi-platform ones. From my point of view it does not need
>>> a formal vote but it would be nice to have a statement, can you do that?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> It should ideally go on the landing page at http://plugins.qgis.org
>> where the rest of the guidelines are.
> 
> Done, I hope everyone is happy currently. If not, please update.
> 
> I have also taken the opportunity to move the guidelines to a dedicated
> subpage.
> 
> Some other points which IMO could be reformulated into "recommendations"
> rather than "requirements" are language requirements (English) for code
> and UI. Does anyone want to block this adjustment?
> 
> There are also 3 points that target the license, I would suggest to
> change them to a single one mentioning being "GPL 2 compatible"
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Matthias
> 
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>> On 3/8/19 10:55 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>>>> Hi Matthias,
>>>> I think the general consensus is that we strongly prefer multi-platform
>>>> plugins, but we accept exceptions with due motivation.
>>>> Is my interpretation of the discussion outcome satisfying everybody?
>>>> If necessary we can vote about this in the upcoming PSC meeting.
>>>> All the best.
>>>>
>>>> On 08/03/19 09:34, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>>>>> Hi PSC,
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks like there is still a bit of uncertainty around publishing
>>>>> plugins which are not available for all platforms.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can I kindly ask you to give an official response based on the
>>>>> discussion on the development thread to this topic?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much
>>>>>
>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>>> Subject: 	[QGIS-Developer] Windows only version of a QGIS 2.18x plugin
>>>>> Date: 	Fri, 8 Mar 2019 01:11:04 +0000
>>>>> From: 	Christina.Ratcliff at csiro.au
>>>>> To: 	qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi QGIS Developers,
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m  following up on this issue which I posted last month. While it
>>>>> triggered  a lot of discussion I never received a firm answer as to
>>>>> whether my PAT plugin could be hosted and made discoverable as a QGIS
>>>>> plugin on the official plugins site.
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> About a week ago I uploaded a new version of PAT for some bug fixes, and
>>>>> it remains unapproved. Is this likely to get approved so users can find
>>>>> and install it via the plugin manager?
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> I was interested to see that PAT v0.1.0 has now had 131 downloads
>>>>> directly from the QGIS repository so there is definitely an interest. 
>>>>> Currently version 0.1.0 is showing on the website as being approved, but
>>>>> when I search for it in using the QGIS plugin manager, I can’t find it,
>>>>> even with the experimental option ticked on. Is there a reason for this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> Christina
>>>>>
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