I fully agree and I support Paolo in deprecating those plugins, until they're not fixed. I wouldn't even give the option to install plugins "with issues" from QGIS side. I would move the responsability on the developers and users to use them...
Giovanni 2018-02-19 8:46 GMT+01:00 Paolo Cavallini <[email protected]>: > Hi Nyall, all, > > Il 19/02/2018 05:54, Nyall Dawson ha scritto: > > > "Should the official QGIS plugin repository flag plugins which have > > known serious issues, and hide these plugins from users unless a 'Show > > plugins with known issues' checkbox is ticked?" > > > So my proposal is that: > > - if a plugin has known, serious issues we contact the plugin author > > to notify them > > - we add a flag to the plugin to indicate it has known issues > > - these plugins are not shown by default - users must opt in via a > > checkbox (much like the "show experimental" check box) > > - if/when the plugin fixes the issues, the flag is removed > > I fully understand and support your concerns. Why not simply deprecating > these plugin? I have adopted this approach (much too rarely, trying not > to hurt authors too much) in the past, and I found it simple and > effective. Once issues are fixed, I simply remove the `deprecated` flag, > et voilà. > Not sure we need a vote for this, just establishing sensible guidelines > should be enough. > All the best. > > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html > https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=IT&q=qgis,arcgis > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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