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

[GRASS-trac]

#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 cmbarton):

 Replying to [comment:5 neteler]:
 > I disagree and think that new locations should be valid locations - or -
 *all* modules should be able to work with locations lacking the VAR file.
 I see no point in having this trivial thing lacking and then make the user
 stumble about several commands not functioning.
 >
 > The "file system noise" is in average 70 bytes (!) per MAPSET which can
 be just ignored as a problem.
 >
 > If we have a default DBMI driver (which is yet DBF), we also have to set
 default settings. No complaints in 6.2 probably because use cases are
 different.
 >
 > Scripts like v.db.add* cannot run that automatically because we don't
 want to hardcode DBF (or whatever driver) many times scattered all over
 the source code but only in a single place (which was the init script and
 I still complain that this was removed leading to broken DBMI settings -
 see the archive for this).
 >
 > Markus

 I agree with Markus. All locations should be equal. This extra file is
 irrelevant to those working only with raster, essentially invisible, and
 takes up no space. The alternative is fine also (i.e., the lack of VAR
 causes no problem with any module; it is simply created when needed). But
 we should not be creating locations that have hidden gotchas.

 Michael

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/7#comment:6>
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