[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3888: Split core and raster extensions

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#3888: Split core and raster extensions
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  Reporter:  strk         |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  medium       |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.5.0
 Component:  postgis      |    Version:  trunk
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by strk):

 >  1) postgis raster has GUCS that affect it's behavior -
 >  http://postgis.net/docs/manual-2.4/reference.html#PostGIS_GUC  it would
 >  seem a bit odd to register gucs in postgis for a separate extesnion.

 I don't see this as being an issue. It's just a namespace.

 >  2) postgis rasters whole index framework is built on top of postgis
 >  geometry.  Granted this doesn't affect install and deinstall, but it's
 >  intimate to me.

 It's a dependency. PostGIS Raster *depends_on* PostGIS Core.
 We can and do encode the dependency, you cannot enable raster
 support w/out also enabling core.

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