Sorry,
after a looooong time,
I destructed and recreated the plugin.
It is currently awaiting check, it has not changed since the last time,
expect the folder name is now the same as the plugin name.
Cheers,
RémiC
2015-05-30 16:58 GMT+02:00 Rémi Cura <remi.c...@gmail.com>:
> Thanks to both !
> I'll delete and create again the plugin.
> Cheers,
> Rémi-C
>
> 2015-05-30 12:59 GMT+02:00 Borys Jurgiel <li...@borysjurgiel.pl>:
>
>> Strictly speaking, there are two separate problems:
>>
>> One is the name mismatch, what makes QGIS thinking that the zip available
>> in
>> the repo ("interactive_map_tracking") and the installed plugin
>> ("interactive_map_tracking-master") are two separate plugins. As a result,
>> QGIS won't inform the user about available updates.
>>
>> Second problem is bigger: the directory is just a Python module, and it
>> crashes Python, because module names can't contain dashes. It's a Python
>> syntax restriction, not QGIS. And, as Alessandro said, this is the plugin
>> key,
>> not the zip file name (what is basically much less important) so changing
>> it
>> would be quite complicated.
>>
>> Hopefully removing the plugin and creating again will be straightforward.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Borys
>>
>>
>>
>> Dnia piątek, 29 maja 2015 15:34:16 Rémi Cura pisze:
>> > I'm afraid I can't,
>> > currently it creates a bug !
>> > When installing from QGIS plugin repository,
>> > it gives an error message.
>> > This error message would be because the plugin name and folder name are
>> > different.
>> > So one way or another, the folder name has to be changed to match the
>> > plugin name !
>> >
>> > So you see we don't have much choice here...
>> > Cheers,
>> > Rémi-C
>> >
>> > 2015-05-29 15:17 GMT+02:00 Alessandro Pasotti <apaso...@gmail.com>:
>> > > 2015-05-29 14:52 GMT+02:00 Rémi Cura <remi.c...@gmail.com>:
>> > >> Hey, thanks for the super-quick answer.
>> > >>
>> > >> Can't we just change the plugin database for this plugin?
>> > >> Surely there is a way to do it manually !
>> > >
>> > > Yes, but it's not trivial.
>> > >
>> > >> Or simply change the folder name on the server?
>> > >> Deleting the plugin make it loose all the history, which I find quit
>> bad.
>> > >>
>> > >> Also, if the consequences are so dire, wouldn't is be necessary to
>> check
>> > >> at import that plugin name and folder name match?
>> > >
>> > > Sorry for the quick (and wrong) answer :)
>> > >
>> > > I checked the exact constraint: the package name (the name of the
>> fist
>> > > folder in the zip file) is independent from the plugins name and
>> cannot be
>> > > changed (while the plugin name, visible to the user, can change) the
>> > > package name is a unique key used internally to build the URLs and to
>> > > retrieve plugin packages and is kept unique to make sure that there
>> are no
>> > > plugins with the same package name.
>> > >
>> > > The problem here is that it cannot be easily changed without breaking
>> a
>> > > lot of things.
>> > >
>> > > You can just stick with the old package/folder name, it will be just
>> > > visible in the URLs.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Alessandro Pasotti
>> > > w3: www.itopen.it
>>
>>
>
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