[Qgis-user] Trusted plugins

[Paulo van Breugel]

On 23-07-16 13:18, Andre Joost wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Recently, the QGIS plugin website has introduced a "trusted" flag for 
> plugins.
>
> Following a question at 
> http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/203116/what-does-the-trusted-flag-mean-for-qgis-plugins, 
> that has nothing to do with the approval process, but just indicates 
> that the plugin is from a trusted author.
>
> Perhaps the flag should be expanded from "Trusted" to "Trusted Author" 
> to make things clearer. Any opinions from the user's side?

I just noticed the flag, and my initial assumption was that this was 
linked to the approval process. So yes, Trusted author would make it 
clearer what this flag means.
>
>
> It still might be that the account of a trusted contributor gets 
> hacked, and malware is spread under his name. So no perfect safety 
> here (as anywhere).
>
> Greetings,
> André Joost
>
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