https://issues.qgis.org/https://issues.qgis.org/favicon.ico2018-06-22T07:47:19ZQGIS Issue TrackingQGIS Application - Bug report #19239: Plugin author email visible via plugin manager after install despite assurances in the cookbookhttps://issues.qgis.org/issues/19239?journal_id=904682018-06-22T07:47:19ZBorys Jurgiel
<ul></ul><p>Thanks for pointing this problem out!</p>
<p>I overlooked this change in the Developer Cookbook. It's 2.5 years old now and many people read it, so we'll probably have to remove this function from the manager :/</p>
<p>Let's discuss it on qgis-community-team ML: <a class="external" href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-community-team/2018-June/005024.html">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-community-team/2018-June/005024.html</a></p> QGIS Application - Bug report #19239: Plugin author email visible via plugin manager after install despite assurances in the cookbookhttps://issues.qgis.org/issues/19239?journal_id=904862018-06-22T14:14:14ZM R
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<p>Let's discuss it on qgis-community-team ML: <a class="external" href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-community-team/2018-June/005024.html">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-community-team/2018-June/005024.html</a></p>
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<p>I'm not subscribed to this list yet so I can't respond to any of the emails. My answer to <a class="external" href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-community-team/2018-June/005027.html">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-community-team/2018-June/005027.html</a> would be:</p>
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<li>remove it altogether (not so good, we need a way to contact the author<br />for administrative purposes)</li>
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<p>Yes, and if it's just for admin purposes, why not use the email address of the OSGeo account of the plugin owner? It seems to me that it fits the purpose perfectly.</p> QGIS Application - Bug report #19239: Plugin author email visible via plugin manager after install despite assurances in the cookbookhttps://issues.qgis.org/issues/19239?journal_id=905832018-06-28T15:53:47ZBorys Jurgiel
<ul><li><strong>Resolution</strong> set to <i>fixed/implemented</i></li><li><strong>Easy fix?</strong> changed from <i>Yes</i> to <i>No</i></li><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>Open</i> to <i>Closed</i></li><li><strong>Subject</strong> changed from <i>Plugin author email visible via plugin manager after install</i> to <i>Plugin author email visible via plugin manager after install despite assurances in the cookbook</i></li></ul><p>There were no other votes for removing the mailto link from the Plugin Manager, so let's just fix the description. As already said, personally I'm against removing it unless there is a more common objection. I apologise for the disinformation, if you already disclosed a valuable address. Hopefully releasing a new version will wipe it out from users' computers soon.</p>