Agreed, thanks. I suspect there is already a suggestion for this, could you please check and open a ticket if not? Would you be available helping us to implement it? Thanks.
On 31/03/19 15:22, Tom Kralidis wrote: > Good idea. Perhaps listing actual Python requirements or pointing to / > assessing a requirements.txt type file is pushing it? > > ..Tom > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 31, 2019, at 08:49, Stefan Keller <sfkel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> As a user when searching and browsing for a plugin in QGIS extension >> manager or on the website https://plugins.qgis.org/ , I think users >> should be informed before hand about the requirements, dependencies >> and restrictions of a plugin. >> >> These are possible requirements, dependencies and restrictions which >> come to my mind: The plugin... >> * is running only on one platform >> * is depending on some other SW to be installed separately (because >> it's not included in the QGIS installation), >> * requires some registration or account. >> >> My suggestion is to add an optional field/entry/line in metadata.txt >> called "Requirements" where requirements, dependencies and >> restrictions are to be described. >> >> This entry would be mandatory if there exist such requirements. Some >> dependencies and restrictions could potentially even be potentially >> validated automatically. >> >> :Stefan >> >> P.S. I actually also thought about adding a "spatial extends" >> attribute in metadata.txt in order to indicate that this plugin only >> works for some specific countries or regions. But for now I'd just >> prefer that the chapter "Recommendations" on >> https://plugins.qgis.org/publish/ is being extended to mention that >> spatial limitations to be mentioned in the plugin description! >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-Developer mailing list >> QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS.ORG Chair: http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/ _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer