[GRASS5] features needed for 6.2

[Markus Neteler]

Radim Blazek wrote:

>On 3/29/06, Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:
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>>Hamish wrote:
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>>>Restructuring of the raster elements into a $MAPSET/raster/ dir means a
>>>break to GRASS 7.0. It makes sense that this should happen in
>>>combination with and at the same time as a revamp of the raster format
>>>itself. That way we only have to do the transition once.
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>>I disagree. Switching the raster directory layout is much simpler than
>>a new raster format. With the former, it's clear what needs to be
>>done; it's just a matter of doing it.
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>Yes, but what benefits can a new dir structure bring to users?
>The GRASS database should always be access through library
>or modules.
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Sure - but the advantage is that one can easily backup single maps or
copy them to another
machine. Currently it is rather messy to figure out where the related
raster files are.
Didn't you do the same for vector data? :-)

Markus