[GRASS-dev] 6.4.1 blockers and instalation sizes

Maris Nartiss maris.gis at gmail.com
Tue Mar 1 05:11:16 EST 2011


Hello all,
first - what's blocking 6.4.1 release? Windows packaging problems? We
must release 6.4.1 before next QGIS release, as current QGIS version
is shipping with 6.4.0 and on my Vista system it fails to launch new
WX GUI. It's just a bad user experience.

Second - I was comparing QGIS and GRASS directory sizes in Windows:
Quantum GIS Copiapo: 445 MB (467 505 152 bytes)
WinGRASS-6.4.1RC1-1-Setup installed: 455 MB (477 519 872 bytes)
How is possible that QGIS with GRASS takes less space than GRASS on
it's own?!? Where we lose at least 50Mb?

WBR,
Maris.

OK. I'm taking back my words about 6.4.1. RC1 WX GUI is failing to start too:
C:\Program Files\GRASS-64>grass64.bat -wx
KŽ█DA:G_getenv(): Variable LOCATION_NAME not set
warning: Not importing directory 'C:\Program Files\GRASS-64\locale': missing __i
nit__.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Program Files/GRASS-64/etc/wxpython/gis_set.py", line 38, in <module>

    import gui_modules.goutput
  File "c:/osgeo4w/usr/src/grass-6.4.1RC1/dist.i686-pc-mingw32/etc/wxpython/gui_
modules/goutput.py", line 37, in <module>
  File "c:/osgeo4w/usr/src/grass-6.4.1RC1/dist.i686-pc-mingw32/etc/wxpython/gui_
modules/preferences.py", line 939, in <module>
  File "c:/osgeo4w/usr/src/grass-6.4.1RC1/dist.i686-pc-mingw32/etc/wxpython/gui_
modules/preferences.py", line 613, in __init__
  File "c:/osgeo4w/usr/src/grass-6.4.1RC1/dist.i686-pc-mingw32/etc/wxpython/gui_
modules/preferences.py", line 679, in ReadSettingsFile
KeyError: 'GISDBASE'
warning: Not importing directory 'C:\Program Files\GRASS-64\locale': missing __i
nit__.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Program Files/GRASS-64/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 64, in <module>
    import gui_modules.preferences as preferences
  File "c:/osgeo4w/usr/src/grass-6.4.1RC1/dist.i686-pc-mingw32/etc/wxpython/gui_
modules/preferences.py", line 939, in <module>
  File "c:/osgeo4w/usr/src/grass-6.4.1RC1/dist.i686-pc-mingw32/etc/wxpython/gui_
modules/preferences.py", line 613, in __init__
  File "c:/osgeo4w/usr/src/grass-6.4.1RC1/dist.i686-pc-mingw32/etc/wxpython/gui_
modules/preferences.py", line 679, in ReadSettingsFile
KeyError: 'GISDBASE'
KŽ█DA:G_getenv(): Variable LOCATION_NAME not set

C:\Program Files\GRASS-64>


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