Bug report #9524
Special character & in plugin authors prevent downloading
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: |  Borys Jurgiel | ||
| Category: | Plugin Manager | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 2.0.1 | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Easy fix?: | No | |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 18114 |
Description
If a plugin's author string contains a "&" character in metedata, installation from the plugin manager will fail.
I did not test with other info (title, description, etc.)
Associated revisions
[Plugin Installer] More robust xml parsing: fix lonely ampersands. Fixes #9524
History
#1
Updated by Borys Jurgiel almost 11 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
Fixed in changeset 88e8f9d6b6f05cbda44eea2c4d925170e82342eb.
#2
Updated by Borys Jurgiel almost 11 years ago
Here you have a fast workaround. The long-term solution should be implemented on the repository side, see: #9595