[GRASS-dev] Submitting module to addons - r.sundenoise - mentor required

[Hamish]

Hamish:
> > So (IIU this C*), why should the removal of shell script
> > support not be reverted?  What does it cost us to keep shell
> > script support?**
> > 
> > [*] & I suspect I may not.

Glynn:
> The "support" which has been removed is limited to the
> build system.

Thank you for the clarification; sorry for any noise.

> If you include Script.make, the directory must contain
> $(PGM).py or you get an error.
> 
> People are free to script GRASS commands in whatever language
> they choose, but shell scripts don't belong in the GRASS 7
> repository, so there's no need for the build system to provide
> any support for them.

I am not sure how much people use Makefiles with addon scripts,
I suspect it is often easier just to copy them into
GRASS_ADDON_PATH. (typically I just symlink from the grass-addons
svn into there and install nothing)


regards,
Hamish