[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1889: wxPy loc'n wiz: don't auto-launch into PERMANENT

GRASS GIS trac at osgeo.org
Wed Feb 20 01:25:56 PST 2013


#1889: wxPy loc'n wiz: don't auto-launch into PERMANENT
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 Reporter:  hamish           |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker          |   Milestone:  6.4.3                    
Component:  wxGUI            |     Version:  6.4.3 RCs                
 Keywords:  location wizard  |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  x86-64           |  
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Comment(by hamish):

 > When I create new location, I usually want to import data first.

 perhaps, but that's not a decision that should be made for someone else.
 Guiding people to use PERMANENT as their working mapset by default is not
 good, and that far outweighs any one-off convenience + is dysfunctional in
 a multi-user/team setting.

 > > e.g. the geofile may be massive and you don't want to import it
 > It asks.

 ok, thanks.


 best,
 Hamish

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