On 03/12/2019 09.50, Nyall Dawson wrote: >> Is this by design? Or is it a bug because there is 'tmp' in the path? >> I tested also to put it in ~/tmp but then it is OK...
> By design -- it was added because many of the processing providers > which rely on 3rd party utilities (e.g. grass, saga) put temporary > outputs there, and users weren't getting any warnings that these are > just temporary. Basically the warning which previously showed only for > memory layers has been extended to include anything inside the > operating system's temporary folder (i.e. /tmp, but not ~/tmp on > Linux). Ah, thanks Nyall. I understand the reasoning, and agree... Though it does not feel as perfect yet: The memory tooltip of this layer says: "Temporary Layer Only. Contents will be discarded after closing QGIS" But compared to a real memory layer, it is still there if you reopen the project (or quit/open QGIS). So it seems we mix two concepts? Thinking out loud here, I know this will all cost time/energy, so I understand if this is ignored... What about leaving out the 'memory' icon, and only warn users IF they have layers in temporary places? And instead of: "This project includes one or more temporary layers. These layers are not permanently saved and their contents will be lost. Are you sure you want to proceed?" Something like: "This project includes one or more layers which are saved in temporary directories". If you want to keep that data, please save or copy the data to non-temporary dirs" ? Or as bonus: maybe thing of some icon for these processing output layers: maybe the little 'gear'-icon we use for processing? In the case of a processing output I will then see the little gear icons (AND get the warning). In my usecase I will only get the warning (and I will ignore it :-) ) As said: I understand there are probably more important things to do, just wanted to think about it a little... Regards, Richard Duivenvoorde _______________________________________________ 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
