[postgis-devel] RFC versus Direct Action

[Regina Obe]

> I think there are places where an RFC is called for, and the spatial ref
sys view
> work is one where it would have been much appreciated.
[Regina Obe] 
I whole-heartedly agree on this. 
So maybe we should just shelf this for now.

And I'll create a proper RFC for this so we can review the RFC and various
alternatives and issues with it.


>  I do not
> particularly enjoy being the "bad guy" and the guy who is saying "yes, you
> have spatial a couple weeks sweating over this but I still think it's a
bad idea
> and you shouldn't have" is more-or-less definitionally the bad guy. 
[Regina Obe] 

You are not a bad guy or rather you make a great bad guy :)
A guy with strong opinions and I like that a lot, so don't stop being a bad
guy. 
Sorry if I came on a little strong.

Just tired of this whole limbo with spatial_ref_sys and what SRIDs am I
allowed to use for my entries.

> A role I
> would not have had to take on, had this been brought forward as an RFC
> prior to dumping a bunch of effort into it. I also would not have to make
this
> my sudden priority, and presumably now generate alternate code in order to
> match up to Sandro's "yes, you have an idea, but I have code" position in
this
> tete a tete.
> 
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2022-February/029433.html
> 
[Regina Obe] 
Note to strk -- Paul is right, you get a little excited and move forward
without people getting a chance to say "Slow down, not sure this is a good
idea".

I do appreciate the fully worked out code that we could easily exercise (a
bit easier than an RFC) but do feel sad you put so much work into it :(

> It's too late to wind back the situation, since the time has already been
spent
> and the layout is as it is, but I do feel unnecessarily backed into a
corner and
> throwing up my hands and saying "oh, heck, whatever" seems like a non-
> optimal place for me to be vis a vis the project, psychologically.
> 
> P.
[Regina Obe] 
Sorry for forcing you into a corner :(

I'll try to be more laid back.

A Very apologetic Regina