[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #7: Location wizard: should predefine DB connection for new location

[Michael Barton]

On Feb 18, 2008, at 4:00 AM, GRASS GIS wrote:

> #7: Location wizard: should predefine DB connection for new location
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>   Reporter:  neteler  |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
>       Type:  defect   |      Status:  new
>   Priority:  major    |   Milestone:  6.3.0
>  Component:  default  |     Version:  svn-trunk
> Resolution:           |    Keywords:
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> Comment (by neteler):
>
>  Hi,
>
>  any news here? With the upcoming release we'll get tons of
>  requests if we don't solve this problem...
>
>  I still don't understand why Hamish insists to do it the
>  complicated way.
>
>  Markus
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> Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/7#comment:9>
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Markus,

This really needs to be done in g.proj, although I could hack it into  
the location wizard if needed. From what I was following of the  
discussion, there were some *philosophical* reasons for not doing it,  
but the cost for making a var file is essentially nil and the cost of  
not having one potentially high.

Michael