[Qgis-developer] QGIS 1.2.0 Branched - Call for packaging

John C. Tull jctull at gmail.com
Mon Aug 24 12:08:47 EDT 2009


On Aug 24, 2009, at 9:02 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

>>
>>> One possibility would be to completely remove the GRASS plugin  
>>> from the all-in-one Qgis.  Then it won't even try to load it and  
>>> crash.  The readme would point people to the full framework-based  
>>> Qgis if they need GRASS support.
>>
>> +1
>> This seems like a good idea. I'm wondering how useful it is for  
>> those needing to save bandwidth to have to download an application  
>> that is 200mb (all-in-one with grass)? At 160mb, it's bad enough.  
>> That includes all the qt-frameworks, correct? So, either way, there  
>> is no dependency on qt.
>
>
> That's 200 for GRASS + 160 for QGIS + 120 for frameworks. (that's  
> installed sizes, download sizes ~40%)

Ouch! Obviously no advantage for the bandwidth conscious users.

John
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