On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavall...@faunalia.it> wrote: > Il 21/11/2010 21:36, Michael Barton ha scritto: > >> Like Martin said, because GRASS is modular, anyone can compile it or use it >> with >> or without the GUI. I use it heavily with the GUI for some things. For >> others, I >> use it completely scripted, without any GUI, and called from a completely >> different environment. This kind of flexibility is a real value for this >> piece of >> software. > > AFAIK this is not true: compiling (better: packaging - believe it or not, not > *anyone* is capable of compiling) without the GUI requires changes in the > source code. > Sorry to insist, I realize my position is not popular among GRASS devs,
It is moreover a question how many work is involved... > but there is > a number of situations where having a pure CLI package would bring great > advantages. I compile GRASS myself quite often as CLI package. > E.g., does anybody want to install libwxgtk2.8-0 on a server, where GRASS can > be used > for WPS? Likely not, but --without-wxwidgets should help. > Please, help us poor users: separate the two packages, and we'll all be > happier. I do not think it's a major work, and packagers can probably > give a hand. A concrete work estimate would be desired. Markus _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
