+1 with Larry's proposal, which will let the user migrate only when he decides to.
Michael 2013/5/16 Duarte Carreira <[email protected]> > 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 >
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