[postgis-devel] GDAL dependancies - was PostGIS 2.1.0 beta2 is ready

[dustymugs]

On 05/13/2013 03:57 PM, maplabs at light42.com wrote:
> I introduced the idea of dropping MySQL from oridnary GDAL to the devs a
> while back for this reason
> . but 1.10 proceeded without change in that area..
> Minimal GDAL definitely does not need a dozen or two packages ...
> This topic is in flux - there is no optimal answer and user requirements
> are changing too
> in particular, I see standard support for MySQL is drying up in many
> corners of OSS land
> 

I wouldn't count MySQL out yet, especially with momentum in MariaDB's
spatial support.

As for a minimal GDAL, here's my config...

./configure \
--with-libz=internal \
--with-pcraster=internal \
--with-png=internal \
--with-pcidsk=internal \
--with-libtiff=internal \
--with-geotiff=internal \
--with-jpeg=internal \
--with-gif=internal \
--without-jasper \
--without-pg \
--without-sqlite3 \
--without-pcre \
--without-expat \
--without-xml2 \
--without-hdf5 \
--without-netcdf \
--without-curl \
--without-geos \
--without-vfk \
--without-grib

Personally, I'd suggest a minimal GDAL to get something working and then
a bloated GDAL with everything included.

-bborie