[gdal-dev] 1.9 Release Process

[Frank Warmerdam]

Dave,

If this does not make it into Beta1, then it should still make Beta2.  I
hope to produce Beta1 by the end of day today.

It will be wonderful if SQL Anywhere support can be built in by
default.

Best regards,
Frank

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:23 AM,  <Dave.DeHaan at sybase.com> wrote:
> Hello Frank and other GDAL/OGR devs,
>
> I announced on this list a couple months back that I would have a co-op
> student writing an OGR driver for SQL Anywhere 12.  The driver is now
> complete, and over the last few weeks we've been performing
> application-level testing with ogr2ogr, MapServer, and QGIS.  Everything
> appears to work smoothly.
>
> The timing of this GDAL/OGR 1.9 release caught us a bit by surprise, but we
> have everything ready for submission as a TRAC patch except for our
> employer's legal consent to release our code under the X11/MIT License.
> Assuming we obtain the requisite permission for contribution within the
> next day or so, is it still possible to get this new driver into 1.9?
>
> We will do our best to get the approved fast-tracked and our code submitted
> as a TRAC patch shortly.  It would help if the OGR community could give us
> some indication of whether or not it is feasible to get this included in
> 1.9.
>
> Thanks!
> Dave DeHaan
>
> PS - We would strongly prefer that the SQL Anywhere driver be compiled in
> by default.  To facilitate this, we have structured our driver so that
> everything necessary to compile it can be contributed to the project.  Our
> patch would include a few interface licensed under Apache v2.0 (since that
> is how they were released previously), but the terms of that license are
> very similar to X11/MIT.
>
> ----
> David E. DeHaan
> SQL Anywhere Query Processing team
> Sybase, an SAP Company
>
>
>
>  From:       Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
>
>  To:         gdal-dev <gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>
>  Date:       12/14/2011 02:32 AM
>
>  Subject:    [gdal-dev] 1.9 Release Process
>
>  Sent by:    <gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Folks,
>
> I would like to have a GDAL/OGR 1.9 release by the end of this year,
> ideally before Christmas.  We have not formalized a release process
> for the project, but I'd like to follow the approach of past years.
> This basically consists of a few beta releases, followed by a release
> candidate when things seem to be in good shape.  The release candidates
> would be voted on by the PSC before becoming official.
>
> Anyone with significant work they would like to accomplish before 1.9.0
> should reply to this thread with information on the planned work.
>
> Barring objections, I'll plan on a Beta 1 this weekend.
>
> Best regards,
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I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam at pobox.com
light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Software Developer