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



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