I worked with an ai bot (gpt 5.4 nano) trying to figure out why this
plugin would install but not run do to an incompatible version message.
I had the bot summarize what we did:
Title: QGIS 4.0.3 incorrectly reports HDF5 Importer as incompatible
(claims 3.4–3.99) despite plugin metadata lacking qgisMaximumVersion
Environment:
* QGIS: 4.0.3-Norrköping (revision 70e40ae6e77)
* OS/Package manager: Debian/Ubuntu (dpkg/apt purge used)
* Plugin: “HDF5 Importer” (installed version 1.3.1 from GitHub ZIP;
plugin code edited to use qgis.PyQt)
* Profile: tested both existing and a brand-new QGIS profile; same
behavior
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install “HDF5 Importer” v1.3.1 from the GitHub ZIP into QGIS (via
Plugins → manage/install from ZIP or local install, as applicable).
2. Start QGIS 4.0.3 and open Plugins → Installed.
3. Observe that QGIS shows an incompatibility warning: “This plugin is
incompatible with this version of QGIS Plugin designed for QGIS 3.4
- 3.99”
4. Even after removing and reinstalling the plugin and testing in a new
profile, the same message appears.
5. Inspect the installed plugin folder:
|~/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS4/profiles/<profile>/python/plugins/hdf5_importer-main/metadata.txt|
The file contains only:
* [general] name=HDF5 Importer qgisMinimumVersion=3.4 and does NOT
include qgisMaximumVersion or any max version field.
What I expected:
* Since the installed metadata.txt contains no upper bound, the plugin
should not be blocked by QGIS as “designed for 3.4–3.99” on QGIS
4.0.3, or at least the blocking range should correspond to an actual
declared maximum version.
What actually happens:
* QGIS blocks the plugin based on an apparent compatibility range “3.4
- 3.99”, but that range cannot be found in the installed
metadata.txt I inspected, and it persists across a new profile and
after purging/reinstalling.
Additional troubleshooting performed:
* Verified no other metadata.txt copies exist under the QGIS profile
plugin directories.
* Grepped for “3.4 - 3.99” and “Maximum” within the installed plugin
and plugin working tree.
* Installed/loaded in both existing and new QGIS profiles.
* Purged older QGIS packages and reinstalled plugin.
* Attempted to resolve earlier Qt binding crash (QHeaderView
ResizeToContents / PyQt vs qgis.PyQt), but the incompatibility
message blocks/complicates further testing.
Request:
* Please advise where QGIS might be retrieving the “3.4 - 3.99”
compatibility range when it is not present in the inspected
metadata.txt, and/or confirm whether the plugin ZIP/package metadata
includes an upper bound not represented in the installed metadata.txt.
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