In QgsPluginManager: test if function type() is present instead of testing if the function isProvider() is not present. Like this, it is also possible to create plugins linking to a data provider (which i need for work)

git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis@5643 c8812cc2-4d05-0410-92ff-de0c093fc19c

Author: mhugent

src/gui/qgspluginmanager.cpp

@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@ sharedLibExtension = "*.so*";
             {
               std::cout << "Loaded " << myLib->library().toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
               // Don't bother with libraries that are providers
-              if (!myLib->resolve("isProvider"))
+              //if(!myLib->resolve("isProvider"))
+
+	      //MH: Replaced to allow for plugins that are linked to providers
+	      //type is only used in non-provider plugins 
+	      if(myLib->resolve("type"))
               {
                 name_t *pName = (name_t *) myLib->resolve("name");
                 description_t *pDesc = (description_t *) myLib->resolve("description");

src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp

@@ -1252,7 +1252,10 @@ int QgsOgrProvider::capabilities() const
     {
       ability |= DeleteFeatures;
     }
-
+    
+    //seems to work with newer ogr versions
+    //ability |= ChangeAttributeValues;
+    
     if (ogrLayer->TestCapability("RandomWrite"))
     // TRUE if the SetFeature() method is operational on this layer.
     {