GeoTessCPP on Conda, in support of a Python interface

[jkmacc-LANL]

Distributing GeoTessCPP as a Conda package in a custom channel on anaconda.org (here's an example, using the Oracle instantclient for Linux) or via Conda-Forge could be advantageous in a few ways:

• It would be easier for users of the cross-platform conda package manager to keep multiple isolated versions of geotess on their system.
• Any Python (or other) interfaces wouldn't need to vendor the geotess source code along with their own, the way that PyGeoTess does now. This would reduce future maintenance burden on interface authors.
• GeoTess could be automatically installed when listed as a dependency in a Conda environment file.
• Since the distribution is a compiled binary, users wouldn't need a compiler, and Conda would distribute the appropriate binary for their system.

The Conda documentation is pretty good, and there are lots of examples to find on GitHub. Optionally, it can be automated when git tags are pushed.

I probably added more links than I needed, but I just wanted to get the thought down in one place. Thanks for reading this far! :-)

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[jkmacc-LANL]

FYI, I've started a Conda-Forge package here. Please let me know if there are any reservations with this proceeding.

[jkmacc-LANL]

This has been done. Running conda install -c conda-forge geotesscpp should now work. It installs libgeotesscpp and libgeotessamplitudecpp into the standard search path, as well as all headers into the standard include path as geotesscpp/*.h .

Adding test data to support the example programs would also help test the Conda-Forge builds.