On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 at 06:58, Nyall Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi lists, > > I've just submitted QEP426: "Demotion of DB Manager plugin to community > plugin" (https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/385) > > Historically, the DB Manager plugin was a critical component of the QGIS > ecosystem, providing essential database administration and querying > capabilities. However, over the 3.x development cycle, the direction of QGIS > shifted toward integrating all database related functionality into the > Browser Panel. This provides a better user experience, by exposing database > tools alongside other layer and connection management tools. The > browser-based functionality is all designed around generic, heavily tested > connection APIs, which are also used by many other areas of QGIS. In > contrast, the DB Manager plugin contains all its own logic and code for > handling database integration, with extremely minimal (almost non-existent) > test coverage. > > As of QGIS 4.2, the core functionality of the DB Manager has been fully > ported to the built-in Browser Panel. Users can natively manage schemas, > create and delete tables, manage fields, and execute SQL queries directly > within the core interface. Maintaining the DB Manager plugin as a core > component now duplicates this functionality, bloating the codebase and > creating unnecessary maintenance overhead for core developers. > > This QEP proposes that DB Manager is demoted to a 3rd party, community > maintained plugin, and describes the plan to implement this change. > > The full proposal and plan is available at > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/385 for discussion. > > Please don't reply to this email -- replies should be commented on the QEP > itself to keep discussion centralised.
This QEP has passed the 2 week discussion period and is ready for voting now Kind regards, Nyall > > Nyall > _______________________________________________ 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
