On 8/3/20 4:59 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote: > > > On 3/08/20 16:37, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: >> On 8/3/20 4:16 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote: >>> I have a small question concerning the best way to include a very small >>> dataset into the distribution of GRASS GIS. We are currently working on >>> the revamping of the GRASS GIS GUI startup experience, and have the >>> currently proposed solution is that GRASS GIS could start up >>> automatically creating a grassdata database and a default lat-long >>> location which would contain just a simple NaturalEarth world country >>> boundaries dataset. >>> >>> In some OS (e.g. MS Windows), such a demolocation is included in the >>> distribution, but in Debian it is deleted before installation (IIUC what >>> happens in the rules file at [1]). >>> >>> IIRC, Debian does normally not allow data to be distributed with >>> binaries. One option would be to put the data directly into the Python >>> code creating this location. Would that be acceptable for Debian ? What >>> kind of solution would you recommend ? >> >> If the database can be built from source as part of the build process >> e.g. like proj.db in PROJ, it can be included in the package (assuming >> its license is DFSG compatible). >> >> Where is "this location"? >> >> If it's usr/lib/grassXY/demolocation, that's problematic because it's >> not writable by unprivileged users. A subdirectory of $XDG_DATA_HOME >> (e.g. $HOME/.local/share/grass) would be more suitable. > > Actually, the idea currently is that a new user without any grassdata > will just get a grassdata directory automagically created during startup > and the /usr/lib/grassXY/demolocation would simply be copied into that > new grassdata directory. GRASS GIS would then directly start up into > that location. > > So, the idea would be that during build /usr/lib/grassXY/demolocation is > created.
I don't know why the demolocation was never included in the package, looking at the repo history it has always been like that since way before I got involved. I've pushed a change to include the directory in the grass-core package: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-gis-team/grass/-/commit/faa570fd3357b1267d237fc0ee9b3386ce83479d That can be used as the source for the user writable copy. Kind Regards, Bas -- GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1 _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
