Hi
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Marco Hugentobler < > marco.hugentob...@sourcepole.ch> wrote: > >> Plugins are a sophisticated way of keeping things lean and separated. > > > I have no issue with none core plugins, in fact that is something I always > promote as a powerful feature. Core however plugins are a different story. > While it makes sense to you and I it doesn't make sense to a normal user. > Core plugins, while a feature, in fact make the program look incomplete or > patchy. Some of the main problems with core plugins are: they don't have a > Python C++ API, functions in them are separated by wall, users have to > enable them in order to use them. > > Lets take a few examples: A question the other day on IRC was "can I > create a heatmap with pyqgis" No is the answer which is confusing because > the heatmap plugin is a core feature so why not have it as part of the API? > The topology checker is another example of the features it has should be > part of the core package and just baked in. This would allow tighter > integration into the drawing tools and other core features. Can you imagine > if snapping was a core plugin? or the composer? > > I do see the core plugin idea useful as a staging area for things we are > not sure fully about just yet or still have issues. > > I think this should be simple to address - maintain them as plugins but load them automatically and transparently to the user. We could even have a new class oc core plugins that do this and explcitly bypass the plugin manager ui because they are always 'just on'. Regards Tim > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ==============================================
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