[postgis-devel] SQL comment generation

[Kevin Neufeld]

I have no problem with that - I think it's useful to have.  If folks 
want to load the extra sql file, at least the option is available to them.

-- Kevin

Obe, Regina wrote:
> Mark, Paul, Kevin et al,
> 
> I think this got lost in the shuffle.  Does any one have problems with me
> committing a postgis_comments.sql file to 1.3.4.  I will take the 
> responsibility of regenerating the .sql as the doc book changes are made 
> and making sure the comments install on 1.3.4 build.  I think we have a 
> lot so far that would be very
> useful to people wading their way thru using PostGIS as a quick 
> reference in the trenches.  I can also tack it on in the
> instructions for 1.3.4 (after loading spatial_ref_sys.sql).
> 
> For 1.4 yah probably makes sense to have it more integrated as part of 
> the whole load
> process.
> 
> Thanks,
> Regina
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Obe, Regina
> Sent: Sun 10/5/2008 4:47 PM
> To: PostGIS Development Discussion; PostGIS Development Discussion
> Subject: RE: [postgis-devel] SQL comment generation
> 
>  > I wonder if we should not do the #include in lwpostgis.sql.in.c for
>  > spatial_ref_sys.sql in trunk too.
> 
> Sorry to bore everyone with this when everyone is working on really 
> important things.
> It just occurred to me the comments generated by the xsltproc work fine 
> in postgis 1.3.4.  Would anyone have an issue
> with me just committing it to 1.3.4 as a .sql file similar to 
> spatial_ref_sys.sql and people can run it if they feel like it?
> 
> As far as including in lwpostgis.sql.in.c in trunk, I haven't really 
> explored that.  The comments part makes sense, but I'm not convinced 
> including the spatial_ref_sys.sql in the include is the right thing to 
> do since many people fiddle with that table a lot, e.g. add new entries 
> etc. I'm not sure the ramifications when you do a full dump and upgrade 
> to a major version.
> 
> Thanks,
> Regina
> 
> 
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