[postgis-devel] postgis_letters in project tree?

Sandro Santilli strk at kbt.io
Thu Jan 27 13:12:03 PST 2022


On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 08:08:58AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 04:22:40PM -0500, Regina Obe wrote:
> >> Might be too big to throw into main (data wise), but as included as a
> >> separate extension in repo would be nice.
> >
> > What advantage would this be compared to separate extension in
> > separate repository as it is now ? Just wondering...
> 
> I had no idea postgis_letters existed, so a few questions/comments:
> 
>   There is talk of big, but how much are we talking about?

Under 1Kb if I read correctly

>   Different packaging systems have different approaches to splitting
>   packages that are from a single upstream release.  In general, if
>   things are supposed to be packaged separately, it's nicer/cleaner to
>   have them separate upstream.

Agreed. Maybe you package this one to help spread it ? :)
It seems to lack an `install` rule though.

https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/robe/postgis_letters

--strk;


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