On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Glynn Clements <gl...@gclements.plus.com> wrote:
[... thanks for the long summary which explains it perfectly...] > IOW: the swig directory can be removed without affecting any other > part of GRASS, including the vdigit/nviz modules. The configure checks > relating to SWIG (i.e. --with-python) and the requirement for the swig > program relate to the vdigit and (6.4) nviz modules. lib/python/ctypes > is only required for the ctypes-based nviz module in 6.4/7.0, or if we > want to offer the ctypes-based bindings for use by add-ons. > > So, there's no need to delay 6.4.0 for ctypes. We can add it in 6.4.1, > or even make a separate package which works with 6.4.0 (so long as we > don't change the API, we would just need to ensure that grass.py > contains the correct definition for GIS_H_VERSION so that G_gisinit() > works). > > But if we release 6.4.0 with the swig directory in place, we'll still > be getting questions about it (that we probably won't be able to > answer) in ten years time. Given Glynn's suggestion I redraw my suggestion to add ctypes now. We'll do that for 6.4.1. Can anyone remove swig/ in the 6.4-release branch? I am also on the road these days with sporadic internet access. Then we can release 6.4.0 next week. thanks Markus _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev