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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>>First of all, I want to express my thanks on behalf of students here <BR>>who are using GRASS on Windows [...]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>you're welcome... did you already read my new GRASS Windows Native Binary Building Guide?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>I'm updating it with packaging instructions</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>when I'll have enough free time I'll put it into GRASS trac</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>>My suggestion is that you include SQLite but not PostgreSQL.[...]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Do you think that libsqlite3-0.dll is enough? in my (built) sqlite directory I have /bin with 1 dll and 1 exe, /include with only includes and /lib dir with static libs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Since the whole sqlite directory is less then 4MB I guess we can include it completely.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>While about pgsql I agree to include only libpq.dll.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Marco</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Da:</B> grass-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org per conto di Michael Barton<BR><B>Inviato:</B> gio 06/03/2008 7.03<BR><B>A:</B> grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Oggetto:</B> Re: [GRASS-dev] winGRASS Self Installer Package<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:50 PM, grass-dev-request@lists.osgeo.org wrote:<BR><BR>> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:58:56 +0100<BR>> From: "Marco Pasetti" <marco.pasetti@alice.it><BR>> Subject: [GRASS-dev] winGRASS Self Installer Package<BR>> To: "GRASS Developer Mailing List" <grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org><BR>> Message-ID: <001001c87f03$bc687190$0201a8c0@notebookmarco><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR>><BR>> Hi,<BR>><BR>> I'm preparing a winGRASS self installer package, but I'm not sure <BR>> about what<BR>> files include in the package from PostgreSQL and SQLite install;<BR>> Since now I included only libpq.dll (for PostgreSQL) and <BR>> libsqlite3-0.dll<BR>> (for SQLite); unfortunately I'm not able to use database <BR>> instructions in<BR>> GRASS, so I cannot know if some files are required or not! While <BR>> SQLite is a<BR>> very light utility (for all files), PostgreSQL requires lot of <BR>> space (quite<BR>> 30 MB!!!) for a complete inclusion in a GRASS self contained package.<BR>><BR>> Can someone help me, please?<BR>><BR>> Marco<BR><BR>Marco,<BR><BR>First of all, I want to express my thanks on behalf of students here <BR>who are using GRASS on Windows. It is wonderful that you are doing <BR>this. (aside: Thanks also to Moritz and Glynn for showing us the way <BR>to achieve a WinGRASS package and for helping on this one).<BR><BR>My suggestion is that you include SQLite but not PostgreSQL. This way <BR>users have access to a pretty full-featured SQL dbms if they want it, <BR>a simpler dbf table format if that is all they need, and don't have <BR>the overhead of PostgreSQL.<BR><BR>Michael<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>grass-dev mailing list<BR>grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org<BR><A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>