Yes, I think so. That would allow a simple upgrade path inside an organization/company/state agency.
Duarte -----Mensagem original----- De: John C. Tull [mailto:[email protected]] Enviada: quarta-feira, 15 de Maio de 2013 18:26 Para: Duarte Carreira Cc: Tim Sutton; Olivier Dalang; qgis-developer; Giovanni Manghi Assunto: Re: [Qgis-developer] many SVG symbols disappeared Hi everyone, On May 7, 2013, at 1:42 AM, Duarte Carreira <[email protected]> wrote: > If we can get hold of the old symbology lib than that's fine by me. But > please don't make us and others rebuild their entire organization's > cartography just because you don't like the symbols. > > Thanks, > Duarte An option to get the old symbols should suffice, right? Instructions on what needs to be done with these symbols for each platform might also be helpful. > -----Mensagem original----- > De: Tim Sutton [mailto:[email protected]] > Enviada: segunda-feira, 6 de Maio de 2013 21:56 > Para: Olivier Dalang > Cc: Nathan Woodrow; qgis-developer; Giovanni Manghi; Duarte Carreira > Assunto: Re: [Qgis-developer] many SVG symbols disappeared > > Hi > > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Olivier Dalang <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I was asking that question on this thread : >> >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Ideas-on-the-SVG-symbols-library- >> t >> d5040508.html#a5046486 >> >> Maybe I didn't emphasize enough on the deletion of symbols... >> >> IMO, the most elegant solution is to keep only the good-looking >> symbols so we provide a simple and consistent library, and then to >> provide a link on the website to download the unmodified 1.8 symbol >> library in case one needs to keep full backwards compatibility (it's >> quite easy to install : you just have to replace the SVG folder in your >> installation folder). >> >> The whole pull request already breaks backwards compatibility with >> all other symbols, since by removing their background, the may become >> unreadable on most of the maps... >> >> So if the priority is the keep old projects looking the same rather >> than having a clean and consistent library, the best is not to change >> the svg library at all. >> >> (just as an illustration, do you really think it's pertinent to keep >> this in the library ? : >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/jj9e852r08w5ysp/north-arrow_10_with_map_lay >> e >> rs.png >> ) >> I use that symbol all the time! /sarcasm > Yeah that ain't pretty... > > Personally I like Oliver's patch and I think we should clean up house for > 2.0. Keeping compatibility is useful but most of my project files from 1.8 > are already broken to some degree and I would prefer we do all the big > changes in 2.0 and then become more conservative in subsequent 2.x releases. > +1 _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
