[GRASS-dev] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread G. Allegri
Hello. The subject could rise an infinte flame, but it's just to grab the attention! I've digged into the windows wgi-grass world last days, and I see it's in a stall moment. 1 - Many, in the osgeo4w dev group, is trying to make grass (built with mingw) friend of the vc built software in the

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread Markus Neteler
Hi Giovanni, On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:23 AM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: ...  2 - Others are proposing to make a deep refactoring of grass code to make it buildable with vc. could you elaborate on that? What's needed, what's missing in terms of *deep refactoring*? Markus

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread G. Allegri
could you elaborate on that? What's needed, what's missing in terms of *deep refactoring*? I'm not so expert to elaborate this. I've just gathered talks and thought around MLs and chats. Someone says it shouldn't be so hard, others say yes. I would like to know from developers (first of all

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread Michael Barton
voice: 480-965-6262; fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Mar 26, 2009, at 9:01 AM, grass-dev-requ...@lists.osgeo.org grass-dev-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: From: G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com Date: March 26, 2009 7:08:56 AM GMT-07:00 To: Markus Neteler

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread Markus Neteler
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:08 PM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: could you elaborate on that? What's needed, what's missing in terms of *deep refactoring*? I'm not so expert to elaborate this. I've just gathered talks and thought around MLs and chats. Someone says it shouldn't be so

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Markus, On Thu, 26. Mar 2009 at 12:51:09 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:23 AM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote:  2 - Others are proposing to make a deep refactoring of grass code to make it buildable with vc. could you elaborate on that? What's needed,

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread Glynn Clements
Jürgen E. Fischer wrote: FMPOV the build system is the real issue not the codebase. The build system is a non-issue, as it doesn't affect the resulting binaries. Maintaining DSW/DSP files (or nmake files) isn't a realistic option, and anything else will be foreign on Windows. -- Glynn

[GRASS-dev] call for volunteers - urgent need for Windows Vista binaries

2009-03-26 Thread Michael Barton
Whether you like it or not, it is nearly impossible to get a new PC without Windows Vista today. If we want GRASS to be accessible to Windows users, we need to have versions that run under Vista. Over the past year, the development team have worked to solve many issues that kept GRASS from

Re: [GRASS-dev] call for volunteers - urgent need for Windows Vista binaries

2009-03-26 Thread Wolf Bergenheim
Michael, How about making it a Summer of Code project, perhaps we can find some windows programmer who wants to help us? --Wolf On 26.03.2009 21:21, Michael Barton wrote: Whether you like it or not, it is nearly impossible to get a new PC without Windows Vista today. If we want GRASS to be

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Glynn, On Thu, 26. Mar 2009 at 18:44:32 +, Glynn Clements wrote: FMPOV the build system is the real issue not the codebase. The build system is a non-issue, as it doesn't affect the resulting binaries. Sorry, I don't see what's your point is here. Maintaining DSW/DSP files (or

[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #539: Error on Display Map in wxpython

2009-03-26 Thread GRASS GIS
#539: Error on Display Map in wxpython -+-- Reporter: cnielsen | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major| Milestone: 6.4.0

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #539: Error on Display Map in wxpython

2009-03-26 Thread GRASS GIS
#539: Error on Display Map in wxpython --+- Reporter: cnielsen | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major|

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread Glynn Clements
Jürgen E. Fischer wrote: FMPOV the build system is the real issue not the codebase. The build system is a non-issue, as it doesn't affect the resulting binaries. Sorry, I don't see what's your point is here. My point is that you get the same binaries whether you use GNU make or

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-windows] windows qgis-grass: make grass build with vc or keep a separate qgis-grass mingw build?

2009-03-26 Thread G. Allegri
I try to summarize. Everybody wish to solve the grass and qgis-grass windows build issue in the more feasable way. Two major streams are there: 1 - do it inside osgeo4w, using the vc built libs and apps there (from gdal to qgis). AFAIK there are problems with linking MinGW built things and the

[GRASS-dev] qct file format

2009-03-26 Thread maning sambale
Hi, I have several topomaps in qct format anybody who knows how to get them into GRASS? -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/

Re: [GRASS-dev] call for volunteers - urgent need for Windows Vista binaries

2009-03-26 Thread Jachym Cepicky
hi, just small note: On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:21:55PM -0700, Michael Barton wrote: Marco Pasetti made a very nice Windows installer for 6.3 last year, but is unable to continue this work. Other folks in OSGEO have created OSGEO4W with a number of packages. However, GRASS is in the