Re: Packaging policy for shapefiles
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 01:30:56PM -0800, Hamish wrote:
> see also the gmt-coast-low package which installs a script to download a
> hi-res coastline from the internet. (which I would
> propose to just package as gmt-coast-full or so
> these days as disk space is cheap and the GSHHS
> dataset size has remained more or less static)
>
Indeed the reduced dataset has been introduced long years ago and
currently the script is exposed to possible failures due to
mirror disappearing or changes in paths. A full dataset AND a
grabbing script for updates would be possibly more useful. Alioth
could be used as a stable repository for metainformation about
the upstream repositories and allow the script to work.
That applies to other data of course.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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