[GRASS-dev] Which is the correct WIND convention for creating a new mapset?

[Markus Metz]

On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 10:20 AM Panagiotis Mavrogiorgos <pmav99 at gmail.com>
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> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 9:38 PM Markus Metz <markus.metz.giswork at gmail.com>
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>> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 6:21 PM Panagiotis Mavrogiorgos <pmav99 at gmail.com>
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>> > Hello all,
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>> > I am a bit confused WRT what the expected WIND should be when you
create a new mapset.
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>> > Is there an established convention?
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>> IMHO, new mapsets should use DEFAULT_WIND from PERMANENT.
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> Thank you Markus, that's what I expected, too.
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>> But the current region of a new mapset is often adjusted, therefore it
does not really matter if DEFAULT_WIND or WIND is used.
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> I don't disagree, but still, I don't see what's the benefit of not using
the same convention everywhere. Furthermore, I truly don't understand why 4
different implementations are needed.

True, g.mapset -c should be used whenever possible. I adjusted the wxGUI
startup wizard and the tests in trunk r74472,3 (the tests should use
g.mapset -c, not yet implemented)

Markus M
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