Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Raymond Nijssen
If you open this plugin info page: https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/FieldEvaluator/ you will find my email-address in the details tab. Same for all other plugins. Indeed it is not shown in the Plugin Manager, I wasn't aware of that. But it is in the metadata.txt file which is downloaded by

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Hi all, Il 08/11/2015 12:42, Raymond Nijssen ha scritto: > For now, let's ask Paolo in what way he is intended to use this. I'm surprised of all this discussion. I think the situation is quite clear: * we have a problem: major changes in QGIS will break most or all plugins * we do not want to

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Geo DrinX
let us speak frankly. I think that the intentions (or temptations) of lists of plugin developers and the time dedicated to each development can also serve to assess the total value of the resources that are used in QuantumGIS. If I'm wrong, correct me. True or False ? A presto Roberto

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Sun, Nov 08, 2015 at 11:18:47AM +0100, Geo DrinX wrote: > let us speak frankly. > > I think that the intentions (or temptations) of lists of plugin developers > and the time dedicated to each development can also serve to assess the > total value of the resources that are used in QuantumGIS. >

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Raymond Nijssen
Let us not exaggerate this please. All plugin developers provide an email address to be contacted in case of problems/questions. These are publicly available on our website and in our Plugin Manager application. Now, because of large changes in our system that will affect all plugins, the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Geo DrinX
2015-11-08 11:19 GMT+01:00 Richard Duivenvoorde : > On 08-11-15 05:58, Geo DrinX wrote: > > > I am absolutely countrary to diffuse any list of authors. > > Certainly in Italy there are rules governing privacy: > > > > http://www.garanteprivacy.it/home_en > > > > we developers

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread John Layt
On 8 November 2015 at 08:40, Tom Chadwin wrote: > I can only speak about UK legislation. That only allows the use of > collected > personal data for purposes explicitly stated at the time of collection. I > don't believe such permission is sought when plugins are

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Sun, Nov 08, 2015 at 11:24:57AM +0100, Geo DrinX wrote: > But in so there is no estimate the value of what I write to raise funds. Could you please rephrase this ? What's your concern, exactly ? > This is clear. Not really :) --strk; ___

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Sun, Nov 08, 2015 at 09:27:20AM +, John Layt wrote: > Personally, I would like to see a proper mailing list for plugin devs, as > neither the users nor developers lists seem quite the right place to be > asking questions or receiving advice on plugin development. Do an initial > mail-out

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Raymond Nijssen
I will do the script if someone provides the data. Raymond On 07-11-15 19:57, Alessandro Pasotti wrote: Forgot the instructions: from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy ServerProxy(' http://osgeo_user:osgeo_passw...@plugins.qgis.org/plugins/RPC2/').plugin.maintainers( ) only administrators can

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 08-11-15 05:58, Geo DrinX wrote: > I am absolutely countrary to diffuse any list of authors. > Certainly in Italy there are rules governing privacy: > > http://www.garanteprivacy.it/home_en > > we developers have not given any written agreement that allows anyone to > keep a list that

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Tom Chadwin
I think we should all respect a view held by someone who has voluntarily created a plugin. My opinion, as a UK data protection officer, is that this view is in line with data protection legislation. When I submitted a plugin, I was not told that my email address would be used for bulk mailing.

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Robert, On Sun, 08. Nov 2015 at 11:24:57 +0100, Geo DrinX wrote: > In fact, I have an eMail, and I am reachable. > I am certainly available to correct the errors of my plugins and so on. > But in so there is no estimate the value of what I write to raise funds. > This is clear. I think

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread DelazJ
Hi all, Raymond, I'm not sure plugins authors mail are **publicly** available, neither on plugins.qgis.org nor in the Plugins Manager. User do not need my email to reach me about an issue; just report it to a bug tracker (which everybody should provide). The only persons who have access to name

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread John Layt
On 8 November 2015 at 08:40, Tom Chadwin wrote: > I can only speak about UK legislation. That only allows the use of > collected > personal data for purposes explicitly stated at the time of collection. I > don't believe such permission is sought when plugins are

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi > On 08 Nov 2015, at 20:59, John Layt wrote: > > On 8 November 2015 at 08:40, Tom Chadwin > wrote: > I can only speak about UK legislation. That only allows the use of collected > personal data for purposes explicitly

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi > On 08 Nov 2015, at 19:05, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > > Hi all, > > Il 08/11/2015 12:42, Raymond Nijssen ha scritto: > >> For now, let's ask Paolo in what way he is intended to use this. > > I'm surprised of all this discussion. I think the situation is quite clear:

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread geodrinx
> What might be unclear in Paolo's mail is about a creation of a list. You > already have the mails, what is needed to be created then? Do you need our > acceptance to compile in a database the list of plugins authors and adresses > if this list is only available for the team and not for the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Tom Chadwin
As discussed before, can we not just have a plugins list like this one? Voluntary to join, so potentially compliant with data protection legislation. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Plugin-migratin-mailing-list-tp5235017p5235059.html Sent from the Quantum

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Anita Graser
> On Nov 8, 2015 5:58 AM, "Geo DrinX" wrote: > > > > > > > > 2015-11-07 19:16 GMT+01:00 Alessandro Pasotti : > >> > >> 2015-11-07 18:29 GMT+01:00 Paolo Cavallini : > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> I would be in favour of creating a readonly

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-08 Thread Tom Chadwin
I can only speak about UK legislation. That only allows the use of collected personal data for purposes explicitly stated at the time of collection. I don't believe such permission is sought when plugins are submitted. Are there any terms and conditions which bind plugin authors? -- View this

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-07 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 07/11/2015 18:16, Alessandro Pasotti ha scritto: > Just added an XML-RPC method to export the maintainers emails > > Available at: > > http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/RPC2/ Thanks Alessandro. Just for the record: we have now 299 plugin maintainer emails, an average of 1.8 plugins each. All

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-07 Thread Alessandro Pasotti
Forgot the instructions: from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy ServerProxy(' http://osgeo_user:osgeo_passw...@plugins.qgis.org/plugins/RPC2/').plugin.maintainers( ) only administrators can access. 2015-11-07 19:44 GMT+01:00 Paolo Cavallini : > Il 07/11/2015 18:16,

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-07 Thread Worth Lutz
Is this a list I might want to be on? I have no official plugins but am creating some custom plugins specific to my users. Thanks, *Worth Lutz* On 11/7/2015 2:57 PM, Alessandro Pasotti wrote: Forgot the instructions: from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy

[Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-07 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Hi all, I would be in favour of creating a readonly mailing list for plugin authors and maintainers, in order to contact them all easily when needed. I think this will be especially important for the upcoming Python migration, so we can send crucial announcements, suggestions, etc. We can obtain

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-07 Thread Alessandro Pasotti
2015-11-07 18:29 GMT+01:00 Paolo Cavallini : > Hi all, > I would be in favour of creating a readonly mailing list for plugin > authors and maintainers, in order to contact them all easily when > needed. I think this will be especially important for the upcoming > Python

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin migratin -> mailing list?

2015-11-07 Thread Geo DrinX
2015-11-07 19:16 GMT+01:00 Alessandro Pasotti : > 2015-11-07 18:29 GMT+01:00 Paolo Cavallini : > >> Hi all, >> I would be in favour of creating a readonly mailing list for plugin >> authors and maintainers, in order to contact them all easily when >>