[GRASS-dev] Renaming location to project

[Vaclav Petras]

Dear dev list,

While the decision at the PSC meeting was to merge the first batch of
renames to have it in for 8.4 [1], the PRs [2] will need reviews to be
merged. Anyone can leave an approving review. One approving review from a
member of the grass-write team [3] will be needed to enable merging. For
your convenience, here are the links to the PRs:

https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2993
https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3131
https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3130
https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3133
https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3134

Best,
Vaclav

[1] https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/PSC/Minutes/PSC_Meeting_20240209
[2] https://github.com/orgs/OSGeo/projects/2
[3] https://github.com/orgs/OSGeo/teams/grass-write



On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 at 10:45, Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear users and developers,
>
> We have a new development which will likely touch everyone, so I would
> like to make sure that everyone is informed and can prepare for or even
> help with the changes.
>
> After years of discussions, we are renaming the "location" concept in
> GRASS GIS to "project". While we confirmed we want to keep all the
> advantages of the current data hierarchy in GRASS GIS, the term "location"
> makes explaining and working with the hierarchy difficult. The new term
> "project" was chosen for the concept because it aligns with the place the
> concept has in GRASS GIS and how other software packages are using the
> term. The term "project" is also already used by many people who are
> explaining GRASS GIS data hierarchy in workshops, classes, and papers.
>
> Main transition will happen for 8.4 and is designed to be backward
> compatible until the 9.0 release.
>
> Many PRs are already in place:
>
> https://github.com/orgs/OSGeo/projects/2
>
> This text is a summary of a longer text in the related issue:
>
> https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/3121#issuecomment-1866473182
>
> Best,
> Vaclav
>
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