make.py updateMetadataTxt() correctly encodes file as UTF-8

__init__.py

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ def classFactory(iface):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     :param iface: A QGIS interface instance.
     :type iface: QgsInterface
     """
-    #
-    from  timeseriesviewerplugin import TimeSeriesViewerPlugin
+    import os, sys
+    d = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    if not d in sys.path:
+        sys.path.append(d)
+
+    from timeseriesviewer.timeseriesviewerplugin import TimeSeriesViewerPlugin
     return TimeSeriesViewerPlugin(iface)

make/deploy.py

@@ -126,18 +126,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     #os.chdir(dirPlugin)
     #shutil.make_archive(pathZip, 'zip', '..', dirPlugin)
 
-    # 6. copy to local QGIS user DIR
-    if True:
-        import shutil
-
-        from os.path import expanduser
-
-        pathQGIS = os.path.join(expanduser("~"), *['.qgis2', 'python', 'plugins'])
-
-        assert os.path.isdir(pathQGIS)
-        pathDst = os.path.join(pathQGIS, os.path.basename(dirPlugin))
-        rm(pathDst)
-        shutil.copytree(dirPlugin, pathDst)
-        s = ""
 
     print('Finished')

make/make.py

@@ -480,9 +480,9 @@ def updateMetadataTxt():
     #for required metatags
     pathDst = jp(DIR_REPO, 'metadata.txt')
     assert os.path.exists(pathDst)
-    import timeseriesviewer.sandbox
+    import timeseriesviewer.utils
     #required to use QIcons
-    qgis = timeseriesviewer.sandbox.initQgisEnvironment()
+    qgis = timeseriesviewer.utils.initQgisApplication()
 
     import timeseriesviewer, collections
     md = collections.OrderedDict()
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def updateMetadataTxt():
 
     #update/set new metadata
     md['name'] = timeseriesviewer.TITLE
-    md['qgisMinimumVersion'] = "2.18"
+    md['qgisMinimumVersion'] = "3.0"
     #md['qgisMaximumVersion'] =
     md['description'] = timeseriesviewer.DESCRIPTION.strip()
     md['about'] = timeseriesviewer.ABOUT.strip()
@@ -513,9 +513,10 @@ def updateMetadataTxt():
     lines = ['[general]']
     for k, line in md.items():
         lines.append('{}={}'.format(k, line))
-    open(pathDst, 'w').writelines('\n'.join(lines))
-    s = ""
-
+    f = open(pathDst, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
+    f.writelines('\n'.join(lines))
+    f.flush()
+    f.close()
 
 
 def make_pb_tool_cfg():
@@ -577,7 +578,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if False:
         updateInfoHTML()
 
-    if False:
+    if True:
         updateMetadataTxt()
 
     if False:

metadata.txt

 [general]
 name=HUB TimeSeriesViewer
-description=A QGIS Plugin to visualize multi-sensor remote sensing time-series data.
-version=0.2
-qgisMinimumVersion=2.18
+description=A QGIS Plugin to visualize multi-sensor remote-sensing time-series data.
+version=0.4
+qgisMinimumVersion=3.0
 author=Benjamin Jakimow, Geomatics Lab, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
 about=The HUB TimeSeriesViewer is developed at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Born in the SenseCarbon project, it was funded by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and granted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, grant no. 50EE1254). Since 2017 it is developed under contract by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) as part of the EnMAP Core Science Team activities (www.enmap.org), funded by DLR and granted by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi, grant no. 50EE1529).
 email=benjamin.jakimow@geo.hu-berlin.de
-
 icon=timeseriesviewer/ui/icons/icon.png
-
 homepage=bitbucket.org/jakimowb/hub-timeseriesviewer
 tracker=bitbucket.org/jakimowb/hub-timeseriesviewer/issues
 repository=bitbucket.org/jakimowb/hub-timeseriesviewer
 experimental=False
 deprecated=False
-
-# Tags are comma separated with spaces allowed
-tags=analysis, raster, remote sensing, time, labeling
-category=Raster
+tags=remote sensing, raster, time series
+category=Raster
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