On 06/05/2018 03:39 PM, Thomas Baumann wrote: > Am Di., 5. Juni 2018 um 14:29 Uhr schrieb Matthias Kuhn > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > > > On 06/05/2018 02:12 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote: > > On 5 June 2018 at 21:51, Matthias Kuhn <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I have never used the plugin but repeatedly seen its name > mentioned, so > >> I assume it's widely used? > >> > >> In this case, it would be great if someone could volunteer as a new > >> maintainer for the plugin. I think the minimal amount of work > would be > >> to merge pull requests and upload patched releases to the plugin > repository. > > > > It's not needed anymore - 3.0 has the built in rectangles and ovals > > digitising tools. > > That's good news, but for the current LTR and as general question on > deprecating plugins I think it's still a valid request ;-) > > Matthias > > > > > Are the build in rectangles and ovals tools in QGIS 3 maptools to > digitize objects in a polygon-layer or 'just' an algorithm of the > processing toolbox? > > A fixed version of the plugin is available at > https://github.com/rdbath/RectOvalDigitPlugin for people who would still > like to use the plugin. > I was just thinking about if I should volunteer as a maintainer but I > think the code of the plugin is in general a bit "stale" and would need > an overhaul for which I just don't have the time to do that. > So I am not sure if it's a good idea to make a new version of the plugin > available even if the major problem of the plugin is fixed. > > Thomas >
From my point of view, this patch should be shipped even without a general overhaul. The plugin in use and probably causing data loss, reducing productivity and giving bad reputation for QGIS (I guess many are not aware that it's actually a plugin which is responsible for the situation, that their QGIS is slowing down). Matthias _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
