[postgis-users] GEOS / Predicates Update

[Christoph Spoerri]

To add my two cents ...

Recompiling/reinstall a system can be a real burden and shouldn't be take 
lightly. It can cause major headaches even for the exprienced among us.

Having an unstable system (backend crashing) is not acceptable. So that is 
definitly not an option.

Rewritting GEOS ... I don't know how much work that requires, but it seems the 
best of the bad solutions. This said, I don't know anything about the GEOS 
code and it's interaction with PostGIS. I know that exceptions are a nice 
'feature', but if the problem could be solved by returning an error from a 
function (as mentioned by a previous post) wouldn't that work as well?

Christoph

On Thursday 22 May 2003 01:58 pm, C F wrote:
> >>- You mentioned that one solution may be to use newer compilers.  Would
> >>that mean that all three components (PostgreSQL, GEOS and PostGIS) would
> >>need to be compiled with these?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but that
> >> doesn't seem like a big deal to me.  Wouldn't that just be a matter of
> >> downloading the latest compilers and recompiling these things *IF* you
> >> want GEOS support (which I do)?  Or am I over simplifying..
> >
> >We are trying to make it as simple as possible for people - most people
> >will find it difficult to update their machines.
> >dave
>
> That is certainly understandable.  I guess I have the luxury of being a new
> installation and in flux, so it's not an issue for me compared to someone
> that has guidelines to follow or an established/functioning environment.
> However, if the 3 options are:
> 1) recompile/reinstall
> 2) rewrite GEOS
> 3) have an unstable system
>
> #1 seems like the obvious choice to me... but maybe more people will weigh
> in on the options or weigh in with a solution.  Wish I could help out with
> a fix, but I still can't even figure out what the little pointy thingys
> "->" in C mean  :-)
>
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