+1. Originally I thought it was a good idea to have it there too but it seems it's worse that way. Live and learn.
On that note can we remove it as a plugin and just make it a core feature like Python console is, e.g no way to enable or disable it and is always on. On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Tim Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > > > > I would like to know your opinion about this idea: removing Processing > > from the QGIS plugins repo. > > > > Rationale for this: we have always tried to release new version of > > Processing between releases of QGIS, to provide more updates when > > important fixes are made or interesting functionality is added. This > > sounds good in theory, but it has proven to be difficult to handle. > > The main reason for this is that having the same plugin in the > > installation folder and the user folder leads to strange behaviour > > sometimes, and confusion for users. The Plugin Manager doesn't seem to > > be prepared for this circumstance, and sometimes fails when updating. > > > > I think that maybe is a good idea to handle processing as a core > > plugin, and forget about releasing it outside of QGIS releases. > > Processing should not be in the plugins repo, to avoid confusion. > > Basically, what other core plugins do. > > > > I still see a lot of messages with installation issues and failures, > > and I think it is not a good thing. > > > > What are your thoughts on this? > > > A big +1 from me too. There is another reason to adopt this approach - it > is hard to build something relying that if the user has QGIS version X they > will also have processing algorithm Y - which is something we are running > into here with our plugin development. > > Regards > > Tim > — > > > > > > *Tim Sutton* > > *Co-founder:* Kartoza > *Project chair:* QGIS.org <http://qgis.org> > > Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source: > > Desktop GIS programming services > Geospatial web development > GIS Training > Consulting Services > > *Skype*: timlinux > *IRC:* timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > > > Kartoza is a merger between Linfiniti and Afrispatial > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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