I agree on this.
As you write, "creating quality around the plugin" should almost be
mandatory.
Also, right now, it is not very clear for plugin devs to know how to
create this quality. I mean that the plugin help page leads the dev to
the QGIS hub, and I think it is really not the right way to go. Github
offers a better wiki, issues tracking, browsing source code.
I tried for a while to use the hub to present my plugins, but I went
back on github as it is far more fancy to present the plugins.
I also try to do a video demo, this could also be suggested to the dev.
On 03/28/2012 10:06 AM, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
On 03/26/2012 07:31 PM, Etienne Tourigny wrote:
Might the plugin situation be a topic of the next hackfest?
+1
I have moderation rights, only used twice, because it is not clear
what responsibilities are (and to be honest others did already approve
it).
I do get a mail when somebody asks for approval, but NOT when it is
approved (eg by one of the other moderators) -> feature request?
Besides this, it's often not very clear what a plugin is supposed to
do, or how to test. I do not have time enough to do a thorough scan of
the code for malicous stuff or find out if it is working as it
suppossed to be.
What about the idea of forcing a plugin-creator to write a wiki-page
with the information what the plugin is supposed to to AND some test
directions (preferebly with some downloadable code).
This would make it for moderators much easier to do some small tests
(eg I'm not so much into rasters, I need real guidance when you want
me to test raster-analysis plugins...).
This way would also 'force' plugin devs to create some quality around it.
In my vision a plugin should not only be uploaded 'to the community'
just because you think you solved your problem, but also because you
want others to use it (and want to invest some time in guiding others
to use it).
Regards,
Richard Duivenvoorde
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