On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 6:25 PM, Paolo Cavallini <cavall...@faunalia.it> wrote:
> Il 07/02/2018 11:18, Victor Olaya ha scritto: > > I dont see the advantage in having providers in core. > > I see the following: > * tests (already available in our infrastructure) > * translations > * more exposure > * documentation > > > And if there is an > > advantage, it's clearly not in how easy it is going to be to maintain > > the plugin. > > until now it has been maintained somehow; if more resources are needed, > we can find a way > > > If the people responsible of a given backend (like OTB) are > > going to maintain it (which makes sense), why putting it in core where > > they don't have write access? > > why not granting them write access? > That would still need users *waiting* for QGIS release for fix in algo is what I understood from other parts of discussion. I don't know what these developers are going to do with a bugfix after a new release. That's some kind of mystery unsolved to me. I hope there will be zero bugs after releases. > > > Better in a separate repo. Also, they can > > release whenever there are changes, without having to wait for a new > > release. That way, the plugin will always be in sync with new releases > > of the backend app. > > this is certainly true; AFAICT OTB people has proposed a solution > > If we put them in core...why putting only this big ones (which in some > > cases require installing external apps manually by the user), and not > > put other plugins that exist and contain Processing providers? > > I'd be in favour of adding anything important for users. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > When in Madeira we can have a discussion about this. It would be good if > all interested parties could meet, locally and remotely. > > All the best. > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html > https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=IT&q=qgis,arcgis > -- Regards, Rashad
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