Add to that with the new profiles it's super-easy to get a clean slate any time.
Matthias On 12/8/17 2:31 AM, Nathan Woodrow wrote: > Hey, > > Yes, a dialog is on the todo list just need some time to finish it. > Hopefully next monday. > > On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Olivier Dalang > <olivier.dal...@gmail.com <mailto:olivier.dal...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi ! > > I think the migration should be optional (eg. by displaying a > message on first start if there's a QGIS2 conf). I'd say this is > what most programs do for major updates. This would allow users > who are a bit messy (like me) to take advantage of QGIS3 to make a > clean start. > > Also, you'd be able to easily reset to factory settings by wiping > the whole QGIS3 directory (actually it's by trying to do that and > not understanding why the browser kept my providers that I learned > that config was migrated). > > What do you think ? Should I open a feature request ? > > Still the feature will definitely be very useful for most users ! > Thank you very much for developing it :) > > Olivier > > > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Stefan Blumentrath > <stefan.blumentr...@nina.no <mailto:stefan.blumentr...@nina.no>> > wrote: > > Thanks so much Alessandro! > > > > Having read some documentation: > > > https://connect.boundlessgeo.com/docs/desktop/1.1.0/system_admins/globalsettings.html > > <https://connect.boundlessgeo.com/docs/desktop/1.1.0/system_admins/globalsettings.html> > > I am sure that this will be a cool new feature in QGIS 3 that > will be very much appreciated by organisations!!! > > > > Thanks again for the hint! > > > > Cheers > > Stefan > > > > *From:*Alessandro Pasotti [mailto:apaso...@gmail.com > <mailto:apaso...@gmail.com>] > *Sent:* onsdag 1. november 2017 09.30 > *To:* Stefan Blumentrath <stefan.blumentr...@nina.no > <mailto:stefan.blumentr...@nina.no>> > *Cc:* Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com > <mailto:madman...@gmail.com>>; Borys Jurgiel > <li...@borysjurgiel.pl <mailto:li...@borysjurgiel.pl>>; > Richard Duivenvoorde <rich...@duif.net > <mailto:rich...@duif.net>>; qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> > > > *Subject:* Re: [QGIS-Developer] Settings migration from QGIS 2 > to 3 > > > > > Stefan, you may try to use global settings for shared user > settings, you can specify the global settings file path in > several ways (and it could even be a shared network folder). > > See: > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/main.cpp#L131 > <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/main.cpp#L131> > > and: > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/main.cpp#L831 > <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/app/main.cpp#L831> > > the global settings format is exactly the same of the user > settings file: INI. > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Stefan Blumentrath > <stefan.blumentr...@nina.no > <mailto:stefan.blumentr...@nina.no>> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I am really looking forward to seeing all QGIS > configuration in ini-files and that registry will be > abandoned on Windows in QGIS 3! > > That will be a great improvement, esp. from a sys-admin > perspective! > > > > In this consolidation context I was wondering I would be > possible to prepare for: > > - Use of relative path > (https://issues.qgis.org/issues/12623 > <https://issues.qgis.org/issues/12623>) > > - Usage of variables in the ini file > > > > I have been earlier thinking about “versioning” of ini > files, so that updates (e.g. changes in OWS URLs) can be > passed to all users as a sort of “diff/merge” without > damaging individual adjustments they might have made. > > Background is that the Norwegian mapping authority > provides a “Service feed” > (https://register.geonorge.no/register/tjenestevarsler > <https://register.geonorge.no/register/tjenestevarsler>) > where all OWS changes are announced… I would love to be > able to just apply those changes to all our users… > > > > No idea if such a thing could be fostered by the way > settings are stored in the ini files? > > > > Cheers > > Stefan > > > > *From:*QGIS-Developer > [mailto:qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>] *On > Behalf Of *Nathan Woodrow > *Sent:* mandag 30. oktober 2017 15.27 > *To:* Borys Jurgiel <li...@borysjurgiel.pl > <mailto:li...@borysjurgiel.pl>> > *Cc:* Richard Duivenvoorde <rich...@duif.net > <mailto:rich...@duif.net>>; qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> > *Subject:* Re: [QGIS-Developer] Settings migration from > QGIS 2 to 3 > > > > Ah right. I'm happy with whatever there. > > > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:25 AM, Borys Jurgiel > <li...@borysjurgiel.pl <mailto:li...@borysjurgiel.pl>> wrote: > > Dnia wtorek, 31 października 2017 00:19:49 Nathan > Woodrow pisze: > > Hey, > > > > > There are over 100 keys there, are we going to > migrate them all from > > > > Windows > > to windows, like we did with Qgis -> qgis? > > > > No I don't think we need to do anything for those > subgroups, dropping the > > Windows placement between version isn't a big deal. > The main core things > > to migrate is stuff that is a pain to setup again. > > Sorry I was unclear. I didn't mean migrating the > values, just changing the > section for all these keys. > > Regards, > Borys > > > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > > > > > -- > > Alessandro Pasotti > w3: www.itopen.it <http://www.itopen.it> > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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