[postgis-users] GNU Autoconf / Automake Expert Needed

[Paul Ramsey]

Anonymous read CVS access is available, user/pw == cvs/cvs

Ferdinando Villa wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm seriously swamped but I'd be happy to help with the
>autoconf/automake side of GEOS if there are no other takers. Does the
>CVS setup allow anonymous access (no password is posted on the site)?
>I'd like to download the CVS tree and get a feeling of the codebase.
>Cheers, ferdinando
>
>On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 12:22, Paul Ramsey wrote:
>  
>
>>PostGIS'ers,
>>  The porting project to bring JTS topological functionality into the 
>>C++ world has been ongoing for the last few months. Yury Bychkov of the 
>>University of Victoria is the lead developer and is being assisted by 
>>Martin Davis, the developer of JTS. The project site is at 
>>geos.refractions.net. The project is jointly funded by Refractions 
>>Research, Vivid Solutions, and the British Columbia Advanced Systems 
>>Institute.
>>  Yury has been doing the development in VC++, being careful to try and 
>>keep things portable. One of the things VC++ does is manage the build 
>>process. So for us UNIX slobs, we have a bunch of source code in the 
>>respository, but no build control. In order to start testing the fruits 
>>of Yury's work in PostGIS, we need to be able to do UNIX builds of a 
>>library we can link to in PostGIS. Yury is just getting to the point 
>>where we will soon have some topological operators to test, so working 
>>toward integrating geos into postgis makes sense about now.
>>  So, what I am looking for: someone to take the source code from the 
>>GEOS project and create an appropriate GNU build control system for it, 
>>preferably using the autoconf, automake suite of tools to make a 
>>traditional GNU installation. As an added bonus, information about 
>>portability issues would probably be helpful. Please contact me if you 
>>have some experience with these tools and are able to help.
>>Thanks,
>>Paul
>>
>>
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