[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #3145: Dash in plugin name causes unhelpful error message

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#3145: Dash in plugin name causes unhelpful error message
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   Reporter:  rehakv1                           |              Owner:  borysiasty   
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.6.0
  Component:  Python plugins and bindings       |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:                                    |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All                               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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Comment(by brushtyler):

 Replying to [ticket:3145 rehakv1]:
 > I encountered a problem with using a '-' sign (dash) in python plugin in
 1.6 r14423. When I add my custom repository
 (http://www.tarsiusproject.org/qgis/plugins.xml) and try to install plugin
 called 'Dash Test' which contains 'dash-test' directory in 'dash-
 test.zip', QGIS raises error message that reads:
 >
 > "The plugin is broken. Python said:
 > invalid syntax"
 You should rename your plugin folder and package to "dash_test" because
 the chars after the dash in the package name are used for release name or
 version (e.g "dash_test-dev.zip" or "dash_test-1.0.zip").Instead the
 folder name must be truncated before the dash (i.e. "dash_test" in both
 the above cases).

 > If there is a technical reason for prohibiting dash in the plugin folder
 I think QGIS should emit more descriptive error message.
 The error message is for users, not for developers. IMHO users don't want
 to know why the package is broken.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3145#comment:1>
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