How to upgrade on Windows in QGIS if you are on 2023.4.x version

Due to the error in 2023.4.x plugins, you need to disable the plugin first.

Proceed with the following steps only if you are on a version older than 2024.1

1. In QGIS, navigate to Manage and Install Plugins... in the Plugins menu
2. In the Installed tab, find Mergin Maps plugin
3. Disable the Mergin Maps plugin in the list and close the dialog.
4. Mergin Maps should be not displayed now.
5. Restart QGIS.
6. Navigate to Manage and Install Plugins... in the Plugins menu
7. In the Installed tab, find Mergin Maps plugin
8. Click "Update Plugin"
9. Locate Mergin Maps plugin in the list and enable it (it is checked).
10. Restart QGIS

Upgrades from 2024.1 onwards should be as simple as described in official docs

What's Changed

• Better handling of editor permission in #583

New Contributors

• @harminius made their first contribution in #583

Full Changelog: 2024.1...2024.2

How to upgrade on Windows in QGIS

Due to the error in 2023.4.x plugins, you need to disable the plugin first.

1. In QGIS, navigate to Manage and Install Plugins... in the Plugins menu
2. In the Installed tab, find Mergin Maps plugin
3. Disable the Mergin Maps plugin in the list and close the dialog.
4. Mergin Maps should be not displayed now.
5. Restart QGIS.
6. Navigate to Manage and Install Plugins... in the Plugins menu
7. In the Installed tab, find Mergin Maps plugin
8. Click "Update Plugin"
9. Locate Mergin Maps plugin in the list and enable it (it is checked).
10. Restart QGIS

Upgrades from 2024.1 onwards should be again simple as described in official docs

What's Changed

• Minimum QGIS supported version is QGIS 3.22
• don't instantiate geodiff library at the module level, create it inside function (refs #504) by @alexbruy in #532
• fix Typos in Position Tracking section by @PeterPetrik in #547
• use new metadata getters by @alexbruy in #543
• add option to submit logs when download fails by @alexbruy in #539
• add reset local changes by @JanCaha in #537
• do not show local mbtiles as not available offline (fix #540) by @alexbruy in #542
• Fix pre-release testing errors by @PeterPetrik in #567

New Contributors

• @JanCaha made their first contribution in #537

Full Changelog: 2023.4.1...2024.1

What's Changed

• Fix check_svgs_embedded when there is non spatial layer by @kapiwko in #531

New Contributors

• @kapiwko made their first contribution in #531

Full Changelog: 2023.4...2023.4.1

What's Changed

Features:

• add download vector tiles algorithm by @alexbruy in #494
• Tracking is not in beta now by @alexbruy in #513
• Add wizard to configure db-sync by @alexbruy in #500
• add validation to check that SVGs are embedded in the project or located in the project directory (fix #458) by @alexbruy in #519
• reword "not configured" message and make it clickable (fix #508) by @alexbruy in #515
• ask user to type project name to confirm its removal from the server (fix #128) by @alexbruy in #517
• replace logos by @PeterPetrik in #523

Bugfixes:

• handle change of the vector tiles provider name in latest QGIS by @alexbruy in #516
• show error message when trying to get status of removed project (fix #263) by @alexbruy in #518

Infrastructure:

• reduce size of an artifact and release package by @alexbruy in #514

Full Changelog: 2023.3...2023.4

• Add an option to enable position tracking (#489)

• fix error when listing geometry-less layers with attachments (#505)

• use Lutra's vector tile layer for basemap (#497)
• expression-based names for photos (#501)
• check if iface is valid on plugin load (#495)
• remove trailing slash from the mergin server URL (#496)

• Add support for workspaces (#466)
• Better validation of project names (#474)
• Add window to explore public projects (#469)
• Fix crash during synchronization with geotagged photos (#461)

• Add validation for required datum shift grids (#444)
• Package required datum shift grids (#184)
• Better support for dark themes (#434)
• Add support for packaging of local MBTiles (#452)
• Fix packaging of rasters (#441)
• Add warning about unsaved changes in the project before showing local changes (#432)

• Add project setting to control snapping settings in Mergin Maps Input
• Add validations for snapping settings in Mergin Maps project
• Fix path checks in Create Diff and Extract Local Changes Processing tools.