How the patch was applied
The epic with the patch adding support for import and export of symbols in QGIS is finished.
The path from idea to commit was not an easy one: after creation and some testing, the patch sat on my laptop for a few days; then, after minor cosmetic improvements, it was uploaded to the QGIS trac and sat there for 5 weeks. Due to a small misunderstanding, the interested parties never got to test it and give their opinion. Finally, last Sunday I contacted Martin (the “new symbology” is his brainchild). After his reply, I had to improve the code a bit. The result can be seen in r15236.
While uploading the updated patch, I remembered another improvement. Minor, but also related to the “new symbology”, namely control over overwriting symbols with the same name. And I decided that since I started pestering Martin, I should make the most of it. The second patch was applied in r15237.
Looking forward for more such patches 😉
I hope Martin’s optimism is not in vain.