Hi all, SWIG bindings have existed as part of the core GEOS library since early development, however they have not received much attention in many years.
I've (quickly) prepared two options for consideration: Option one: Drop Python SWIG bindings https://github.com/mwtoews/geos/pull/1 This keeps the SWIG interface for Ruby bindings, which is packed by (e.g.) Ubuntu; see https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/ruby/ruby-geos However, it drops the unsupported Python 2 SWIG bindings. Python users can use either Shapely or PyGEOS. Option two: Drop SWIG bindings, including for Ruby and Python https://github.com/mwtoews/geos/pull/2 This drops the whole SWIG interface. Note that Ruby users can access GEOS bindings via RGeo https://github.com/rgeo/rgeo, which has a steady history of active contributions; see https://github.com/rgeo/rgeo/graphs/contributors Another idea is to move the SWIG Ruby bindings into a separate repo, similar to php-geos https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/geos/php-geos, however this would require a volunteer to step in. Any thoughts to either proposal? And if so, whether this should happen before or after the next release? _______________________________________________ geos-devel mailing list geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel
