[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1713: postgis extension cannot be made without raster

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#1713: postgis extension cannot be made without raster
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  Reporter:  mwtoews  |       Owner:  pramsey      
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  closed       
  Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.1.0
 Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
Resolution:  wontfix  |    Keywords:               
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Changes (by robe):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 Believe it or not,  we had long painful discussions about this and in the
 end decided that we want raster to be part of the core postgis extension,
 so building the postgis extension requires you build with raster and if
 you don't want that you have to do it the old way without extensions.

 http://www.postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-
 devel/2012-January/thread.html#17158

 topology is separate because well it is installed in a separate schema and
 limitations of extensions don't allow extensions to go across schemas.



 The main reason for this is it makes install easier for those who want
 both raster and vector functionality.  The only reason against it is it
 adds a dependency on gdal.

 In future releases of postgis, the gdal dependency may not be just limited
 to raster though so keep that in mind.  gdal brings in a whole wealth of
 opportunities -- e.g the possibility of spatial foreign data wrappers that
 piggy back on postgis geometry.  Closer integration with our loaders etc.
 Besides half the postgis dev team works on gdla anyway (you might become
 victim of the borg too Mike :) )

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