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Application Form (checklist)

For submission into the 2020 round of QGIS Grants proposals.

  • Your name: Sebastian M. Ernst
  • Your email: ernst@pleiszenburg.de
  • Grant request in Euros: 10k Euro
  • Proposal title: Turning Plugin Management into Actual Package Management
  • Proposal details: See QEP's Abstract
  • QEP link: qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals#179 / https://github.com/qgist/pluginmanager-qep
  • History:
    • I explored options by developing a proof-of-concept QGIS plugin - see Github repo.
    • I tried and studied every bit of proposed technology in terms of figuring out the overall feasibility of the proposed changes.
    • I explored, debugged and documented all relevant sections of QGIS source code (as documented in the QEP).
    • I got in touch with developers through the developer mailing list, exploring design issues and asking questions for gaining a deeper understanding of the subject matter (as documented in the QEP).
  • How are you qualified to do this:
    • I have built (i.e. compiled) QGIS from scratch many times and successfully applied changes.
    • I have intensely studied QGIS code base (as documented in the QEP).
    • I develop and maintain QGIS plugins (some open source, some proprietary).
    • I develop and maintain established open source Python packages.
    • 15 years of Python experience, for the past 6 years on a daily & professional basis
    • 7 years of experience in using Qt
    • While I am confident that I can handle the proposed C++ cleanups myself, I would be happy to collaborate with an experienced QGIS C++ developer in this particular matter.
  • Implementation schedule / plan:
    • Most of this work will be carried out in July and August of 2020.
    • It is supposed to be finished and tested before the feature freeze of QGIS 3.16 on 2020-09-11.
    • Step 1 (as described in QEP) has mostly been implemented. Open points:
      • Transplant existing work on step 1 into QGIS code base.
      • Finish the unfinished pieces (dependency mechanism cleanup and plugin loading sequence) of step 1. Required time: 2 to 3 days.
      • Implement step 2 (as described in QEP). Required time: Roughly 2 full weeks.
      • Implement tests for new plugin manager module and fix bugs along the way. Required time: Roughly 1 to 2 full weeks.
      • Write documentation. Required time: Roughly 2 to 3 days.
    • Total allocated time for project: 5 weeks full time, including buffers.
    • I am planning to maintain this code long-term.