Duh.. sorry for this reply, did not load the newer messages apparently :-(
On 15-06-16 08:20, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: > > Maybe first discuss with Author (in cc)? > > As the maintainers used to put a lot of work into the plugin. In my view > it is not very polite to retract/depricate a plugin. > > Best I think would be (if Pirmin and Matthias are ok with it), to > temporarily depricate it, AND show with a message in the description > that there is a working alternative. > This would give SP time to fix, without time pressure. > > Unless off course the Plugin is being depricated by the authors too.... > Then it could just be removed. > > Maybe we should have a mechanisme in the plugins to do such messages? > For example: "This plugins is not working properly because.... (eg > Webkit/Debian)" or "This plugin is deprecated in favour of ..."? > > Regards, > > Richard Duivenvoorde > > On 14-06-16 23:04, Paolo Cavallini wrote: >> 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> 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). >> > >> > 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 ) >> >> 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 >> List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: 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 >> List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
