[Qgis-psc] Resource Sharing plugin in core?

[Matthias Kuhn]

On 2/18/20 5:42 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> 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.

As said, various organisations and individuals do hardly ever upgrade 
point releases. Whereas upgrading plugins is very well possible for them.

>
>> 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.

I can't follow this point. Can you elaborate?

Thanks

>
> cheers.