[Xastir] boot from external drive?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Jason Winningham wrote:

> > *) DATABASE:  The initial database is probably going to be
> > PostgreSQL with PostGIS extensions.
>
> I'll have to admit I'm a bit torn on this one - I like to keep things
> simple, and IMO xastir's fairly large number of external support
> packages required are a weak point.  On the other claw, if a GIS-
> aware database results in performance and features worth the effort,
> then bring it on.

For some of the handheld devices we need a different back-end, so
berkeley db files or SQLite might be the way to go there.


> I wouldn't mind seeing a native Mac OS X port (is that Aqua?).

Yes, let's keep that in mind as well.


> 1), and the two versions are incompatible!  This is a serious
> management headache, and something that should not be inflicted on
> end users.

Yep.  I'm all for stability and less dependencies.


> some of us with
> some processing horsepower and storage could convert to the xastir
> internal format and distribute those converted maps for folks who
> don't  want to do a "full" build.

We could also allow for distributed map databases, where the users
could get their vector or raster maps via external servers.


> Another worthy goal would be to allow for binary distributions.  I
> know this can get ugly, but it will increase the user base (and
> hopefully the developer base along with it).

Yep.  I'm already distributing SuSE RPM's and LSB binaries.  I used
to be against distributing binaries for a variety of reasons, but
many people want them.

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