[GRASS-dev] need update to core.create_location
Paul Kelly
paul-grass at stjohnspoint.co.uk
Wed Oct 3 10:29:26 PDT 2012
Michael Barton wrote:
> On Oct 3, 2012, at 6:14 AM, Paul Kelly <paul-grass at stjohnspoint.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Glynn Clements wrote:
>>> Consider whether the existing option should be renamed to datum_trans=.
>>> The abbreviation rules in 7.0 should accept datumtrans= as an
>>> abbreviation, but will also accept e.g. dt= or dtrans=.
>> Sounds like a good idea to me. Since we're breaking compatibility
with the scripts that used datum= instead of datumtrans= so that they
will need updated anyway, it seems like a good time to make this further
change to make things neater.
>
> I agree. This makes sense and is a less confusing shortcut.
OK - change committed now; the option is now called datum_trans=. I
guess we should be careful to avoid backporting this option name change
to 6.x, rather only backporting the addition of the new datum= option? I
will leave that decision to someone else anyway.
Paul
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