[gdal-dev] GDAL/OGR 2.0.2 and 1.11.4 released

[Roger Bivand]

Even Rouault <even.rouault <at> spatialys.com> writes:

> 
> Le vendredi 29 janvier 2016 15:20:07, Bas Couwenberg a écrit :
> > Even Rouault wrote:
> > > It is not definite how long the team will still maintain the 1.11 branch,
> > > so users are strongly encouraged to migrate to 2.0.2.
> > 
> > Because not all reverse dependencies support GDAL 2.0 yet, the next Debian
> > stable release (stretch) will most likely stick to 1.11.x as will the next
> > Ubuntu LTS (xenial).
> 
> Are there many (and "important") reverse dependencies not yet ready ? If not, 
> couldn't they be withdrawn from the main repo and added back via a PPA or 
> something like that when ready ?
> 
> > 
> > I hope this will not cause too many issues.
> 
> It would be annoying for applications that could make use of GDAL 2.0 
> capababilities.
> But I can imagine the challenge of managing a collection of applications...

It would be of great advantage for users of R installing the rgdal package
from source to be able to link to GDAL 2.0 rather than 1.11. Many Debian and
Ubuntu users have really outdated GDAL versions, meaning that many newer
drivers and significant bug fixes are not available to them. 

The idea of waiting for the slowest ship in the convoy may be admirable, but
arguably the time costs involved in being obliged to upgrade code are
actually not large, bring some advantages, and shouldn't deprive users of
other software of convenient access to more up to date binaries. CRAN (the R
archive network is still running its tests on Debian platforms using 1.11.3.

I do hope that a solution as suggested by Even is at least feasible; it is
certainly very desirable seen from downstream.
 
Best wishes,

Roger

> 
> > 
> > Kind Regards,
> > 
> > Bas
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