[Qgis-user] Dropping the extra label placement algorithms?

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi all,
this was originally ported into QGIS by Martin Dobias, I guess he's the
only one who could know.
Cheers.

On 26/07/19 06:31, Phil Wyatt wrote:
> Hi Nyall,
> 
> Took me a while but I found this, that may provide some enlightenment ......
> 
> http://pal.heig-vd.ch/index.php?page=support 
> 
> Having said that I will bow to your superior knowledge and let you do whatever you want - I am but a humble user in awe of your coding abilities! :-) :-)
> 
> Cheers - Phil
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Nyall Dawson
> Sent: Friday, 26 July 2019 12:40 PM
> To: qgis-developer; qgis-user
> Subject: [Qgis-user] Dropping the extra label placement algorithms?
> 
> Hey lists
> 
> This was first discussed back in 2016 (see
> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Removal-of-labeling-search-methods-td5262743.html),
> but would anyone object if the different labeling solution algorithms
> eg "chain" / "pop music" / "falp" / etc were dropped, and we just
> leave the existing default (chain)?
> 
> I don't think ANYONE knows what these mean, and it's a heck of a lot
> of code (which needs fixes) to cart around for no compelling reason
> that I can see.
> 
> I have no particular preference to any of the methods, so would
> happily accept a different default if anyone out there can point to
> which method is best!
> 
> Googling pop music / tabu / chain only gives a handful of results
> relating to QGIS labeling engine. And googling for "falp" sounds like
> something that would get you flagged on your company's firewall.
> 
> Does ANYONE understand or change this setting? Or would object to its
> complete removal?
> 
> Nyall
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Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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