Hi all, Thanks for raising this discussion, Tim. There recently was a discussion about that on a github issue. The new macOS packages didn't ship grid packages out of the box in the beginning and this was a blocker for some users so I ended up bundling the data files again with the macOS packages. The full discussion can be seen here https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/64486
Key takeaways for me: If we want to split this apart, we need to make it very easy for users to install missing bits, the current process would need some improvements. If this is shipped as a separate installer package, we need to make sure it works across all platforms. Kind regards Matthias On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 9:33 AM Alexander Bruy via QGIS-Developer < [email protected]> wrote: > If I'm not wrong, our standalone installer is based on the OSGeo4W and > installs the latter. So users can easily > use the OSGeo4W installer to download any additional dependencies they > want/need. > > Another option would be to add an option to the standalone installer to > download grids, similarly to what we had > in the old NSIS installer for Alaska dataset. > > пн, 23 бер. 2026 р. о 09:20 Tim Sutton via QGIS-Developer < > [email protected]> пише: > >> Hi all >> >> Here in the infrastructure management club for QGIS we have been >> embarking on a plan to slowly divest ourselves of 'big tech'. At the end of >> last year we switched off cloudflare CDN and implemented our own caching >> servers. At that time we were doing around 130TB of throughput (including >> what was being soaked up by Cloudflare). As of last month we did 430TB of >> throughput without the help of Cloudflare. >> >> We are trying to optimise costs - that bandwidth alone cost us in the >> neighbourhood of 500€ per month. To reduce costs we can approach the >> problem in two way: >> >> 1. optimise the infrastructure - we (QGIS Devops team) are busy looking >> into ways to do that... >> 2. reduce the download size... >> >> We are wondering if the datum shift files could be split out from the >> main installer and fetched as an optional extra? Or maybe on demand as you >> need them? We could set up some infrastructure for hosting them, but we >> would need some help on the application side to implement logic to go and >> grab shift files that are not locally cached. Is anyone able to help with >> this? >> >> Regards >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Tim Sutton >> >> *Kartoza Cofounder*Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee >> >> *T *: +27(0) 87 809 2702 *E *: [email protected] *W* : >> kartoza.com >> >> >> >> *This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for >> the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you * >> *have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately >> and delete it from your system. Unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying* >> *of the contents is prohibited.* >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-Developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> > > > -- > Alexander Bruy > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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