Hi All On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Alexander Bruy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > > Now all data providers in QGIS implemented as plugins and have > no Python (some of them also C++) bindings. Having bindings for > providers will allow to work with complex datasources from plugins. > For example, now it is impossible to get response from WMS > server in Python plugin using only QGIS API. > > Maybe we should provide bindings for plugins? But here another > problem appears: where to place this bindings? Core is wrong place > because availability of plugins are not guaranteed. As possible > solution plugins can be linked to core library. > > Any opinions?
When chatting about this to Alex earlier, I was also wondering is there really any need to have the providers be plugins? Maybe things would be simpler if they were compiled directly into core (or a single providers lib with python bindings)? Regards Tim > -- > Alexander Bruy > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
