[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog

GDAL · June 6, 2018, 9:47pm

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: unspecified
Keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset, | CPU: Unspecified
rename, delete, move, remove |
Platform: Unspecified |
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Add ''Rename'' and ''Delete'' actions to the context menu of Location and
Mapset tree items in the Datacatalog (''Data'' tab).

Current items (7.4) in the context menu of Mapset:

* ''Paste''
* ''Switch mapset''

Location does not have any associated actions.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577>
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GDAL · June 6, 2018, 10:29pm

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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  Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: | Status: new
  enhancement |
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: unspecified
Resolution: | Keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset,
       CPU: | rename, delete, move, remove
  Unspecified | Platform: Unspecified
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Comment (by Nikos Alexandris):

For Mapsets, does this mean that there will be a `g.remove mapset` option?
Or a `g.mapset -r`? 'r' as in remove. And, correspondingly, a way to
rename?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577#comment:1>
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GDAL · June 7, 2018, 1:27am

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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  Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: | Status: new
  enhancement |
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: unspecified
Resolution: | Keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset,
       CPU: | rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset
  Unspecified | Platform: Unspecified
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Changes (by wenzeslaus):

* keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset, rename, delete, move, remove =>
datacatalog, location, mapset, rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset

Comment:

Probably not `g.remove mapset` because mapset is (at least currently) not
considered to be an element (''element of a mapset'' to be exact) like
raster or vector maps.

`g.mapset -r` is difficult to decide. It looks like it makes sense, but on
the other hand, in GRASS GIS, you are not allowed to edit data in other
mapsets. Deleting other mapset seems to qualify as editing data in other
mapset and deleting current mapset does not make much sense.

Nevertheless, now (in the startup) you can do it (you are not really
running GRASS yet). It is implemented purely in GUI/Python (AFAIR). It is
important for the users who are not using command line and can't use `rm
/the/full/path/to/mapset` or are not confident about the database
directory structure to simply navigate there in a file browser and delete
it.

Adding rename and delete (of location and mapset) to Datacatalog is an
extension of functionality in Startup window and in the Data tab (which is
here to be nice towards users without deeper GRASS GIS knowledge or
command line knowledge). Another reason for it that the Datacatolog (in a
modified) is a candidate for inclusion into the new Startup window.
Ideally, the functionality of Datacatalog will be configurable on the code
level (so different things can be enabled). There is already runtime
configuration, namely unlocking of editing of other mapsets (third button
from left - lock which is a toggle).

Thus, I would keep this ticket to be just about the Datacatalog, so if you
want to pursue CLI/module-level API for removing mapsets (and locations),
please open a new ticket (if it is okay with you). The fact that the
functionality is in the GUI is definitively an argument for having it also
in the command line (whether it is in a module or in the `grass`
executable).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577#comment:2>
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GDAL · November 25, 2019, 4:06am

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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  Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: | Status: new
  enhancement |
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: unspecified
Resolution: | Keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset,
       CPU: | rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset
  Unspecified | Platform: Unspecified
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Comment (by jidanni):

And it is weird that g.mapsets.html mentions
mapsets can be removed (operation=remove) **from the search path**
So users wonder ''"So in the world of Grass, being removed from the search
path means the same as being unlinked from the search path -- means the
same thing as being unlinked from the file system??" Or else why don't
they also mention how to remove it for good?"''

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577#comment:3>
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GDAL · November 30, 2019, 5:05pm

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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  Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: | Status: new
  enhancement |
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: unspecified
Resolution: | Keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset,
       CPU: | rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset
  Unspecified | Platform: Unspecified
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Comment (by neteler):

Replying to [comment:3 jidanni]:
> And it is weird that g.mapsets.html mentions
> mapsets can be removed (operation=remove) **from the search path**
> So users wonder ''"So in the world of Grass, being removed from the
search path means the same as being unlinked from the search path -- means
the same thing as being unlinked from the file system??" Or else why don't
they also mention how to remove it for good?"''

Here it only means that the mapset(s) are unlisted from the search path.
If you have a better wording, please suggest it at
https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/tree/master/general/g.mapsets by editing
the file(s) and opening a pull request - that would be much appreciated.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577#comment:4>
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GDAL · June 16, 2020, 3:59am

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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  Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: | Status: closed
  enhancement |
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: unspecified
Resolution: duplicate | Keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset,
       CPU: | rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset
  Unspecified | Platform: Unspecified
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Changes (by wenzeslaus):

* status: new => closed
* resolution: => duplicate

Comment:

The initial issue migrated to !GitHub as Issue 710 with more details
included. Closing.

https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/710

Nikos Alexandris, jidanni, please open new separate issues on !GitHub if
you are concerned with the CLI or documentation.

//BTW, I used resolution "duplicate" which seems okay, but should we add
"migrated" as a new resolution to Trac just to make clear for everybody
which one to pick when closing a ticket here after opening a new issue on
!GitHub? Or is duplicate clear enough?//

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577#comment:5>
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GDAL · June 16, 2020, 6:26am

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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  Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: | Status: reopened
  enhancement |
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: unspecified
Resolution: | Keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset,
       CPU: | rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset
  Unspecified | Platform: Unspecified
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Changes (by neteler):

* status: closed => reopened
* resolution: duplicate =>

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577#comment:6>
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GDAL · June 16, 2020, 6:26am

#3577: Add rename and delete of Location and Mapset in Datacatalog
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  Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: | Status: closed
  enhancement |
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: unspecified
Resolution: migrated | Keywords: datacatalog, location, mapset,
  to GitHub | rename, delete, move, remove, g.mapset
       CPU: | Platform: Unspecified
  Unspecified |
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Changes (by neteler):

* status: reopened => closed
* resolution: => migrated to GitHub

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3577#comment:7>
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