On Tue, 24 Mar 2026, 8:02 pm Régis Haubourg via QGIS-Developer, < [email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe we could add a mechanism where proj grid files can be imported to > the user profile, so any user could download grids. > Well, we already have https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/31622 Is that what you mean? Nyall Some caveats to avoid with multi profile management. I'd be in favor of > storing proj grids once per user $APPDATA profile, not in each QGIS profile > > Bien cordialement, > Régis Haubourg > > On 24/03/2026 10:29, Matthias Kuhn via QGIS-Developer wrote: > > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > _______________________________________________ > 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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