[gdal-dev] 1.9 Release Process

[Etienne Tourigny]

Frank,

is there any "code freeze" policy right now? I have a few bugs to
resolve in the netcdf driver (thanks to Kyle's comments).

regards,
Etienne

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> 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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