[Qgis-psc] Resource Sharing plugin in core?

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Matthias,

Il 18/02/20 16:40, Matthias Kuhn ha scritto:

> Packaging python plugins into QGIS core also will tie the version and
> update management to the main QGIS release cycle and reduce the
> possibilities to fix bugs as they appear.

not necessarily: we can include in the point release new versions of the
plugin as they appear.

> Many organizations hardly ever upgrade QGIS in months whereas plugins
> can easily be updated anytime.
> 
> Shipping a package as part of QGIS de facto makes it a part of QGIS and
> we should apply the hard QGIS Q/A rules on it so we can proudly present
> it as an integral part of the application. Something we decided we do
> not want here.
> 
> I think our best bet is leaving the plugin where it is and advertise it
> broadly to make it known.

doing this for plugins that are part of QGIS since long will cause
problems to users.

cheers.
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Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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