[postgis-devel] Vote on Merging postgis and raster installsandwhen

[Paragon Corporation]

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:postgis-devel-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On 
> Behalf Of Sandro Santilli
> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 5:02 PM
> To: PostGIS Development Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-devel] Vote on Merging postgis and 
> raster installsandwhen
> 
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 02:03:23PM -0500, Paragon Corporation wrote:
> 
> > I would like to make it a rule at some point (like make it a rule 
> > now), that if ever we have a function in PostGIS that requires said 
> > version for it to work, we should at the very least make that GEOS 
> > version a minimal (with the option of forcing the user explicitly 
> > allow a lower version with a nasty notice that are they aware what 
> > they are disabling ? ).
> 
> I'm fine with printing a WARNING when PostGIS is configured 
> against a version of GEOS < 3.3.2. Such WARNING would 
> recommend users to upgrade GEOS but still allow them to have 
> something built.
> 
> A ticket to go ?
> 
> --strk; 

Works for me.  Have we decided warning or do not allow.  I'm okay with a
warning.
Ideally I would like a bit more than that that requires some intervention
like a

./configure --with-lower-than-recommended-geos

Something long and painful to type :)

Thanks,
Regina