[GRASS-dev] Create new branch from trunk for temporal GIS integration

[Michael Barton]

I'd be interested in seeing what you have in mind. It's hard to say whether or not a separate branch of GRASS is desirable. To me it seems like a better idea to discuss a set of time-related concepts in the dev list to see how these could best be integrated into GRASS. Adding and testing features a few at a time in the development trunk, with input from other devs seems to me like a better way to proceed than to start something completely new that would then be hard to merge back in later.

Michael
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On Aug 22, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Soeren Gebbert wrote:

> Hi,
> thank all of you for your suggestions and support.
> 
> The reason why i would like to create a branch is the experimental
> character of the implementation.
> I have a big picture about what is needed, but no detailed
> implementation concept. I would like to experiment
> with different implementation approaches. This is IMHO nothing to be
> done in trunk, as it might break compilation
> or several modules because of library changes ... .
> 
> The goal is not to break grass and its functionality, but as i am not
> absolutely sure about the implementation, i can not assure this.
> 
> Using trunk i must be much more careful and disciplined .... making it
> harder to be creative.
> 
>> I also agree to not create a new branch but modify trunk directly.
>> In our discussions during Soeren's seminar at FEM
>> 
>> http://gis.cri.fmach.it/news/20/15/Seminar-announcement-S-Gebbert-10-Aug-2011---FEM---Adding-the-time-dimension-to-GRASS-GIS-for-field-based-applications-A-unified-snapshot-approach/
> 
> I can send the (modified) presentation slides in a private mail to
> anyone who is interested (please contact me). The slides are not yet
> ready for publishing.
> 
> Best regards
> Soeren