[GRASS-dev] Week 11 report: Creation of a new GRASS GIS startup mechanism

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Hello Community,

I am sending my report for Week 11 (August 10-August 16). The report can also be found in the project wiki: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2020/StartupWindow .

1) What did I complete this week?

I finished implementing the very important PR which distinguishes mapsets by ownership and lock (see ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/714, ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/849). I also fixed a bug that appeared when a user wanted to display a map from a different location (see ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/884, ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/886). Eventually, it is not allowed to do that and a user needs to switch a mapset first.

Currently, there are 3 other PRs that are in the process:

This issue was a bit broadened. It consists of not only creating a startup location but also a startup mapset. This PR also gives the option to start up whole GRASS GIS without the startup screen.

Almost done, just some smaller cosmetic changes. This PR creates new checking functions that check both mapsets and locations when renaming/deleting.

Almost done, this issue offers an option to force the removal of the lock and switch to the mapset anyway.

2) What am I going to achieve for next week?

I am gonna end up those above-mentioned PRs. Then, I am gonna reflect changes, I made in Data Catalog, in GUI.

  • Reflect changes done from Data Catalog in GUI and vice versa (see ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/885)
    • when map is renamed in data catalog while it is displayed, the layer needs to be changed otherwise rendering fails
    • when map is moved elsewhere in data catalog while it is displayed
    • new map is created (this item needs to be expanded, there are multiple ways a new map is created)
    • current mapset/location is changed from menu
    • etc.

3) Is there any blocking issue?
No, it is not.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Regards,

Linda Kladivova