[Qgis-user] minor enhancement proposals

[Ari Meyer]

Forgot to add PYTHON VERSION to the list of items for Help->About.  Very
important especially now that V1 (old) installed QGIS 3.16 LTRs still use
Python 3.7 vs. 3.9 for V2 (new) installations.

Thanks,
Ari

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 5:09 PM Ari Meyer <ari.meyer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A couple minor enhancements I wanted to propose for discussion (I wasn't
> sure if I should create new github issues at this time):
>
>    1. Add info to Help->About for:
>       1. OSGeo Home/root directory -- I have multiple QGIS versions on my
>       laptop, so it would be nice to have a quick sanity check mechanism
>       2. Related to above, given that we now have V1 and V2 installers
>       that install different dependency versions for the same QGIS version (ie,
>       3.16.9-1), perhaps an indication of which installer/repo was used?  I know
>       we list important dependencies on the About window, but this would add more
>       clarity.
>       3. The installation type: ie, qgis-ltr, qgis-ltr-full, qgis-dev,
>       etc.
>       4. The exact QGIS version: 3.16.9-1 Hannover rather than just
>       3.16.9-Hannover
>       5. Any other important version info you can think of
>    2. Some of the menu items have underlined shortcut keys, but most
>    don't.  It would be nice to have them wherever possible, following de facto
>    standards.  For instance, I currently can't do Alt-H A to show the About
>    screen.
>
> Thanks for all your hard work!
> Ari
>
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