[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3859: Allow having a postgis extension even when have --without-raster used in configure

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#3859: Allow having a postgis extension even when have --without-raster used in
configure
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  Reporter:  giohappy               |      Owner:  strk
      Type:  enhancement            |     Status:  reopened
  Priority:  medium                 |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.5.0
 Component:  build/upgrade/install  |    Version:  trunk
Resolution:                         |   Keywords:
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Comment (by robe):

 giohappy it is also useful to be able to install postgis.  Just means you
 have to use scripts to install instead of CREATE EXTENSION which actually
 is much of what our test plumbing still does.

 At the time we made this decision many people didn't believe the CREATE
 EXTENSION feature would fly true it had some early warts which are getting
 and better with each passing.  CREATE EXTENSION was at its infancy and
 many long using postgis folks didn't trust this black magic. So having a
 new feature CREATE EXTENSION tied to a new feature raster that we wanted
 to show-case and make it easy for folks to use was the best thing to do.
 I still feel it was the best thing to do, but I think after much thought
 that we can still offer a CREATE EXTENSION postgis for folks who want to
 explicitly opt-out of raster without breaking backward-compatibility.

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