[postgis-devel] Re: CVS to SVN move

[Paul Ramsey]

Markus Schaber wrote:
> Hi, Paul,
> 
> Some weeks ago, there was a discussion on the PostGIS devel list about
> moving from CVS to SVN.
> 
> What's the current state of decision on this issue?

I didn't end up making a decision, because I found it so time consuming 
to try and separate the repositories, and never succeeded.

> And what do you think about the possible separation of the jdbc code
> into its own project?

I am not super enthusiastic, though I understand your desire to do 
independent releases, I also like having it as part of the official 
distribution.  Perhaps a JDBC sub-page where extra releases could go, or 
a nightly JDBC build, would be a suitable substitute for a completely 
separate stream?

PL/Java w/ PostGIS may be interesting, though it may also suffer from 
the same problems that PL/Java in Oracle has, namely brutal throughput 
problems.  Test before you jump in too deep.

Paul

> I'd like to convert the PostGIS jdbc build system to ant, but IMHO this
> will make more sense when it's in its own project. Also, it would allow
> bug fixes to be released independently.
> 
> Due to the new PLJava release, I have some wild ideas about implementing
> PLJava support for PostGIS based on JTS. This would allow PostGIS users
> to enjoy the full power of JTS. (Due to the lack of a proj port to Java,
> it's not yet be possible to implement PostGIS completely in java,
> however.) What do you think about that?
> 
> Thanks,
> Markus
>