Adding build profiles to Debian GIS packages

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

On 01/23/2016 11:36 AM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> So nothing new. Most GIS packages depend on gdal, making this fallout
> expected.

And so does opencv starting with version 3.0.0:

opencv (3.0.0+dfsg-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Update to 3.0.0 (Closes: #792677, #805099).
  * Remove libopencv-legacy and libopencv-contrib.
    These features are not provided from the new version.
  * Remove old packages (libcv*, libhightgui*, libcvaux*).
  * Add support gdal and vtk.
  * Enable parallel building.
  * Remove image files of Lena (Closes: #794856).
  * Add debug packages (Closes: #803404).

 -- Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu at debian.org>  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:07:44 +0900

>
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/o/opencv/opencv_3.0.0+dfsg-1~exp2_changelog

opencv, in return, is a build dependency for ffmpeg which is a build
dependency for a large number of packages which would mean we'll
run into a very frustrating situation.

> Now you do, the procedure is described in the geos transition bugreport.
> 
> But please spend your time on more important packages, which the GIS
> packages are not.

It just turns out, they are. Thus, it would be great if you could fix
your packages for all architectures as otherwise we will run into
installability issues the moment opencv 3.0.0 is uploaded to unstable.

Adrian

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