Hi
+1 From me too, but I do think it would be good to communicate with Pirmin first before simply removing OpenLayers plugin (I am not sure if he has been following this thread). Regards Tim > On 15 Jun 2016, at 02:43, Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 too, for removing openlayers and looking into putting efforts to come up > with a native TMS driver. > > Suggestion: instead of just removing openlayers from the plugin repository, > could we work with the author (if he's reachable and willing) for him to > publish a new plugin update stating that a/ the plugin is discontinued, and > b/ users should migrate to quickservicemap? > > On 15 Jun 2016 06:05, "Alexandre Neto" <senhor.n...@gmail.com > <mailto:senhor.n...@gmail.com>> wrote: > +1 on saying goodbye to openlayers plugin in favour of quickmapservices. > > > A ter, 14/06/2016, 22:04, Paolo Cavallini <cavall...@faunalia.it > <mailto:cavall...@faunalia.it>> escreveu: > Makes sense to me. Going to deprecate it tomorrow if nobody objects. > Thanks Nyall. > > Il 14 giugno 2016 22:25:06 CEST, Anita Graser <anitagra...@gmx.at > <mailto:anitagra...@gmx.at>> ha scritto: > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com > <mailto:nyall.daw...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 31 Dec 2015 7:33 AM, "Nyall Dawson" <nyall.daw...@gmail.com > <mailto:nyall.daw...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > The email chain below is just one example of a user who has issues > > with QGIS after installing the OpenLayers plugin. Stackexchange is > > filled with similar examples (See > > http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/qgis-openlayers-plugin > > <http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/qgis-openlayers-plugin>). > > > > I'm wondering if it's time we discussed the future of this plugin. Now > > that we have a viable replacement (Quick Map Services) which doesn't > > demonstrate these issues, should we deprecate the OpenLayers plugin > > and remove it from the plugin repo? > > Can we revisit this discussion again? > > I'm very much in favour of: > 1. Removing openlayers plugin from the repo asap. This plugin is broken and > unfortunately is harming the reputation of the project, as many users cannot > distinguish the difference between the plugin's issues and problems with QGIS > itself (eg see > https://twitter.com/thatkindofplace/status/742543174573260800?s=03 > <https://twitter.com/thatkindofplace/status/742543174573260800?s=03> ) > > 2. Rename QuickMapServices as "QuickMapServices (OpenLayers replacement)" on > the plugin repo, so users looking for openlayers are nicely directed to the > new plugin > > +1 for all the reasons above. > > Thanks for reviving this Nyall! > > Best wishes, > Anita > > > > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > > -- > Paolo Cavallini > www.faunalia.eu > <http://www.faunalia.eu/>_______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > -- > Alexandre Neto > --------------------- > @AlexNetoGeo > http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com > <http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com/>http://gisunchained.wordpress.com > <http://gisunchained.wordpress.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer --- Tim Sutton QGIS Project Steering Committee Chair t...@qgis.org
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