[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1758: Disabling python support does not prevent entry into python directories during build

[GRASS GIS]

#1758: Disabling python support does not prevent entry into python directories
during build
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  Reporter:  brook      |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  reopened                 
  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:  6.5.0                    
 Component:  Compiling  |     Version:  6.4.2                    
Resolution:             |    Keywords:  python, wxgui            
  Platform:  All        |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Changes (by hamish):

  * keywords:  python, wxgui, g.gui.* modules => python, wxgui
  * milestone:  7.0.0 => 6.5.0


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:10 wenzeslaus]:
 > So, would it make sense to introduce flags for building without GUI?

 not really, by "building" wxGUI in GRASS 6 it mostly just means copying
 the files over. Splitting the files out into grass-core and grass-gui
 packages for e.g. linux distribution happens at the packaging level and is
 no burden, and the extra space used by a couple hundred python files in
 negligible compared with a couple screenshots in the help pages.


 > I like to do things explicit in cases when it is not clear to me what is
 default.

 fwiw the default action is described in the `./configure --help` usage
 text.

 > What is the status of this thicket for trunk?

 irrelevant, since there has been no request for --without-python in grass
 7 AFAIK, so it remains required.


 This ticket's concerning GRASS 6, where python is ostensibly not
 mandatory, but some confusion is caused by the copying of files anyway,
 when what the flag really means is that python will not be used at build-
 time.


 regards,
 Hamish

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