[QGIS-Developer] Change plugin name

[Nils Nolde]

Hi,

I'm the author of OSM Tools plugin. As several people (rightfully)
pointed out, the name is way too generic (in my defense, when I set out
I wanted it to be way more generic).

Now, I'm a few versions in and I think a few people are using it and
became sorta dependent on it. But I'd like to rename it to ORS Tools,
since that's much more to the point.

Is there a graceful way to rename a plugin without re-releasing under a
new name? If not, any recommendations on how to propagate the info?

Thanks

Nils

[Paolo Cavallini]

Post by Nils Nolde
Hi,
I'm the author of OSM Tools plugin. As several people (rightfully)
pointed out, the name is way too generic (in my defense, when I set
out I wanted it to be way more generic).
Now, I'm a few versions in and I think a few people are using it and
became sorta dependent on it. But I'd like to rename it to ORS Tools,
since that's much more to the point.
Is there a graceful way to rename a plugin without re-releasing under
a new name? If not, any recommendations on how to propagate the info?

I don't think there is a way to do so.
All the best.

[Denis Rouzaud]

I see two ways of propagating the info:
easy way: on qgis user mailing list
elegant way: release a new version of your plugin which opens a dialog
after install (or at each startup, but it's a bit aggressive) which tells
your user that the plugin has been renamed.

Denis

Post by Paolo Cavallini

Post by Nils Nolde
Hi,
I'm the author of OSM Tools plugin. As several people (rightfully)
pointed out, the name is way too generic (in my defense, when I set
out I wanted it to be way more generic).
Now, I'm a few versions in and I think a few people are using it and
became sorta dependent on it. But I'd like to rename it to ORS Tools,
since that's much more to the point.
Is there a graceful way to rename a plugin without re-releasing under
a new name? If not, any recommendations on how to propagate the info?

I don't think there is a way to do so.
All the best.
--
Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html
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[Nils Nolde]

Thx Denis, I'll opt for the elegant way:) Great suggestion.

Post by Denis Rouzaud
easy way: on qgis user mailing list
elegant way: release a new version of your plugin which opens a dialog
after install (or at each startup, but it's a bit aggressive) which
tells your user that the plugin has been renamed.
Denis

Post by Nils Nolde
Hi,
I'm the author of OSM Tools plugin. As several people (rightfully)
pointed out, the name is way too generic (in my defense, when I set
out I wanted it to be way more generic).
Now, I'm a few versions in and I think a few people are using it and
became sorta dependent on it. But I'd like to rename it to ORS

Tools,

Post by Nils Nolde
since that's much more to the point.
Is there a graceful way to rename a plugin without re-releasing

under

Post by Nils Nolde
a new name? If not, any recommendations on how to propagate the

info?
I don't think there is a way to do so.
All the best.
--
Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu <http://www.faunalia.eu>
QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html
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[Borys Jurgiel]

Post by Denis Rouzaud
easy way: on qgis user mailing list
elegant way: release a new version of your plugin which opens a dialog
after install (or at each startup, but it's a bit aggressive) which tells
your user that the plugin has been renamed.

I started to write exactly the same :-) You can also call the plugin
installer
API in order to install ORSTools:

import pyplugin_installer
pyplugin_installer.instance().installPlugin('ORSTools', quiet=False)

Uninstalling OSMTools from within itself may be more tricky, but should be
possible as well. You may need to call the plugin's unload() method
prior to uninstalling:

self.unload()
pyplugin_installer.instance().uninstallPlugin('opl_bazaprojektow',
quiet=False)

Also the uninstalling should be the very last line in the function (just don't
try
to do anything after it's removed).

Best regards,

Borys

[Alex M]

Post by Borys Jurgiel

Post by Denis Rouzaud
easy way: on qgis user mailing list
elegant way: release a new version of your plugin which opens a dialog
after install (or at each startup, but it's a bit aggressive) which tells
your user that the plugin has been renamed.

I started to write exactly the same :-) You can also call the plugin
installer
import pyplugin_installer
pyplugin_installer.instance().installPlugin('ORSTools', quiet=False)
Uninstalling OSMTools from within itself may be more tricky, but should be
possible as well. You may need to call the plugin's unload() method
self.unload()
pyplugin_installer.instance().uninstallPlugin('opl_bazaprojektow',
quiet=False)
Also the uninstalling should be the very last line in the function (just don't
try
to do anything after it's removed).
Best regards,
Borys

Why not call the uninstall from the newly installed plugin.
So old plugin says, here get the new plugin at new name.
Then new plugin offers to remove old plugin.

Thanks,
Alex