Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-10 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 10/02/2018 14:38, Anita Graser ha scritto: > On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Richard > Duivenvoorde > wrote: > > Maybe at a hackfest, foss4g or other meeting it is good to come together > face to face so it is easier to actually SHOW

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-09 Thread Vaclav Petras
Dear Nyall and all, here are some of my thoughts mostly relating to GRASS GIS (although it may not express views of the whole GRASS GIS developer team). On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:55 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote: > > Here's the situation as I see it: > > > The past

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-09 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 09/02/2018 09:34, Rashad Kanavath ha scritto: > I am giving up on this contribution as it seems impossible to get small > changes like this. > Thanks for all your time. Hi Rashad, please be patient: bear with us, and we'll find the most efficient solution. In QGIS we have a very friendly

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-09 Thread Rashad Kanavath
On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > Il 08/02/2018 13:43, Rashad Kanavath ha scritto: > > > But aside all decision making stuff, can you check what is to be done in > > this PR? > > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/6272 > > It is something worthy a

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-08 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 08/02/2018 13:43, Rashad Kanavath ha scritto: > But aside all decision making stuff, can you check what is to be done in > this PR? > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/6272 > It is something worthy a discussion and not a plugin or not. I was > asking because QGIS 3 is near and diff is not that

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-08 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 08/02/18 13:43, Rashad Kanavath wrote: On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Victor Olaya > wrote: OTB's proposed solution was that plugin or provider algorithm if activated can find otb installation. If not found, there is code

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-08 Thread Rashad Kanavath
On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Victor Olaya wrote: > > >> >> OTB's proposed solution was that plugin or provider algorithm if >> activated can find otb installation. If not found, there is code which will >> download and install otb packages and configure it for users. >> >

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-08 Thread Rashad Kanavath
eo.org] On Behalf Of > Paolo Cavallini > Sent: torsdag 8. februar 2018 09.04 > To: G. Allegri <gioha...@gmail.com> > Cc: qgis-developer <qgis-develo...@lists.osgeo.org>; > saga-gis-develo...@lists.sourceforge.net; grass-dev < > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org>; Victor O

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-08 Thread G. Allegri
oun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of > Paolo Cavallini > Sent: torsdag 8. februar 2018 09.04 > To: G. Allegri <gioha...@gmail.com> > Cc: qgis-developer <qgis-develo...@lists.osgeo.org>; > saga-gis-develo...@lists.sourceforge.net; grass-dev < > grass-dev@lists.osgeo

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-08 Thread Stefan Blumentrath
a-gis-develo...@lists.sourceforge.net; grass-dev <grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org>; Victor Olaya <vola...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS Hi all, I disagree heartily: without GRASS and SAGA QGIS is currently unsuitable for serious, comprehensive GIS

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-08 Thread Rashad Kanavath
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 7:07 PM, G. Allegri wrote: > I'm much more in favour for out of core providers, for the same reasons > reported by Victor. Having only GDAL and QGIS algorithms in core will > reduce the number of available algorithms out of the box, but: > > - from my

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-08 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Hi all, I disagree heartily: without GRASS and SAGA QGIS is currently unsuitable for serious, comprehensive GIS analysis work. Full stop. Missing one specific alg, even if not used daily, means having to switch to other software. We have already removed R provider: even if used by a tiny minority,

Re: [GRASS-dev] [QGIS-Developer] External providers in QGIS

2018-02-07 Thread G. Allegri
I'm much more in favour for out of core providers, for the same reasons reported by Victor. Having only GDAL and QGIS algorithms in core will reduce the number of available algorithms out of the box, but: - from my experience - comprising years of feedbacks from the courses I teach - the most