Thank you. Feature request: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/55812#issuecomment-1887517636
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 8:47 PM Alexandre Neto via QGIS-User <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe some platform to report faulty plugins, so that the plugins team can > talk with the plugin developer and eventually mark the plugins as > experimental in that case. > > I agree that that message would be nice to have in the plugin menu. Maybe > open a feature request for it? > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > A quinta, 16/11/2023, 19:34, Agustin Lobo <[email protected]> escreveu: >> >> Dear Alexandre, >> I understand the limitations of human resources. And my acknowledgment >> to those involved in the QGIS project. >> All I'm asking is a consistent terminology so that users are fully >> aware of the potential problems: the only "official" or >> fully tested plugins should be those which are now named "featured". >> And the notice "Plugins are developed by independent organizations and >> developers, >> the QGIS organization does not take any responsibility for them" (or >> similar), should be in QGIS Plugins/Manage and Install Plugins. >> I'm already very involved on reporting issues in the github systems of >> the plugins I use. Perhaps a system to report eventual problems caused >> by the plugins in QGIS >> could be considered so that QGIS users could use that information to >> decide whether to install a given plugin or not. The current situation >> in which installing or running a plugin can crash QGIS goes >> against QGIS being contemplated as a stable and reliable software. >> Hope QGIS developers find my comments useful. >> Best, >> >> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 10:23 AM Alexandre Neto via QGIS-User >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hello Agustin, >> > >> > I understand your point and I understand the value of what you propose. >> > Nevertheless, a full functionality check of each plugin would require >> > human resources that the qgis.org project does not have. >> > >> > The meaning of oficial plugin repository comes from a time that there was >> > no centralized place to search for plugins. You would need to find >> > repositories scattered all over the internet and add it manually. At some >> > point it was decided to centralise it as much as possible in one place. >> > >> > The only plugins that are under qqgis.org responsibility are the core >> > plugins, the ones that come installed with QGIS. >> > >> > Obviously that, in an ideal world, all plugins would be highly tested >> > before being allowed into the repository. But the small team responsible >> > for accepting the plugins already struggle to do a "simple" requirements >> > check, with all the new plugins and updates. >> > >> > Please consider to support the testing efforts. Make sure to report the >> > issues to the respective plugin bug trackers. Consider supporting the >> > developer's of the plugins you depend the most, so it becomes more stable >> > and reliable. >> > >> > Alex Neto >> > >> > On Thu Nov 16, 2023, 08:23 AM GMT, Agustin Lobo wrote: >> > >> > Thanks for the clarification, >> > >> > They are called featured plugins >> > >> > >> > Thus, the term is misleading. "featured" does not mean "certified". >> > In any case, the bottom issue is that plugins causing problems in QGIS >> > beyond the plugin itself, and in particular those just crashing QGIS >> > should not be entitled to be in the official repository or, at least, >> > required to keep the "experimental" tag. >> > In the absence of further information, the term "official" implies, >> > for the (naive?) user, a commitment to their functionality from the >> > QGIS steering committee. >> > I believe that the note in the QGIS plugins web portal; >> > "Plugins are developed by independent organizations and developers, >> > the QGIS organization does not take any responsibility for them." >> > is somehow conflicting with the term "official". And while all users >> > will read the term "official", very few will reach the aforementioned >> > note. >> > (perhaps this notice should also be in the QGIS plugins menu itself). >> > >> > Hope this helps to keep QGIS to be seen as a stable and reliable tool. >> > >> > Agus >> > >> > On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 2:08 PM Alexandre Neto <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >> > Hello Agustin, >> > >> > >> > Due to the nature/diversity of QGIS third party plugins design there's no >> > automatic review of the plugins. There's a manual review process to >> > confirm that they comply with some rules [1], but nothing to test if the >> > plugin does what it advertises or if in some situations may cause crashes. >> > >> > This being said, there are few plugins that have the qgis.org >> > "certification". They are called featured plugins. >> > >> > Hope it helped >> > >> > >> > [1] https://plugins.qgis.org/publish/ >> > >> > A quarta, 15/11/2023, 07:16, Agustin Lobo via QGIS-User >> > <[email protected]> escreveu: >> > >> > >> > I am surprised that some plugins downloaded from the official qgis >> > repository cause problems in QGIS, sometimes even a crash. >> > In the R project, there is a review system that automatically checks >> > packages to be uploaded (and to remain) on the equivalent official >> > repository. >> > Is there an equivalent checking process for QGIS plugins? As a lot of >> > important GIS functionality in QGIS is provided by plugins, I think >> > this stability check would avoid a lot of user frustration. >> > >> > Agus >> > _______________________________________________ >> > QGIS-User mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > QGIS-User mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ QGIS-User mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
