Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-08 Thread Borys Jurgiel
Matthias Kuhn wrote : I remember, I discussed another key website with Borys, which would be shown in a frame in the plugin description page. This could be used to show even pictures in a description. Or we could just embed the URL listed in homepage. Jonathan Moules

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-07 Thread Matthias Kuhn
Is there a real problem we are trying to solve with this? I am not sure, each plugin will belong to exactly one menu and the rules can technically be enforced. IMO They can as well have some entries in two different menus. Or require a totally new menu (although there need to be really good

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-07 Thread Paolo Cavallini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 07/01/2014 09:04, Matthias Kuhn ha scritto: Therefore, I would propose not to implement hard rules (like specifying the menu in metadata) but leave all the options to the plugin author and have some intelligent soft rules, which can be

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-07 Thread Jonathan Moules
On 7 January 2014 08:04, Matthias Kuhn matthias.k...@gmx.ch wrote: Is there a real problem we are trying to solve with this? Users (even technical ones) have problems finding where plugins have actually installed stuff - I've seen it first hand. By using a logical and consistent approach, that

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-07 Thread Matthias Kuhn
Hi Paolo and Jonathan, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We should encourage plugin-authors to write a good get-started section in the description in their metadata. Or we could include yet another getstarted metadata section. I remember, I discussed another key website with Borys, which

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-07 Thread Jonathan Moules
I remember, I discussed another key website with Borys, which would be shown in a frame in the plugin description page. This could be used to show even pictures in a description. Or we could just embed the URL listed in homepage. If I'm understanding correctly, you're proposing that the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-07 Thread Matthias Kuhn
On 01/07/2014 02:29 PM, Jonathan Moules wrote: I remember, I discussed another key website with Borys, which would be shown in a frame in the plugin description page. This could be used to show even pictures in a description. Or we could just embed the URL listed in homepage.

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-06 Thread Borys Jurgiel
Richard, We were discussing it already, without any success, and I can't imagine how it could be done with the 2.x API. Currently each plugin just calls one of the QgisInterface methods: addPluginToVectorMenu, addPluginToRasterMenu etc. An obvious idea is to create an universal method

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-06 Thread Paolo Cavallini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 06/01/2014 20:22, Borys Jurgiel ha scritto: But maybe somebody has a simpler idea? I see. In any case, I think we should not approve a plugin unless it goes in the appropriate menu. BTW, could someone point out where we have a list of the items

[Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-05 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Hi all. I would suggest an additional rule to accept a new plugin: we should make sure it registers itself in the appropriate menu (Vector, Raster, Database, Web, etc.), leaving in Plugins menu only those who cannot be classified because they belong to more than one category, This will help

Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugins approval

2014-01-05 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 05-01-14 19:00, Paolo Cavallini wrote: I would suggest an additional rule to accept a new plugin: we should make sure it registers itself in the appropriate menu (Vector, Raster, Database, Web, etc.), leaving in Plugins menu only those who cannot be classified because they belong to more