[Qgis-user] Re: [Qgis-developer] JOIN error

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 30/12/2011, at 20:32 , Agustin Lobo wrote:

> Ramon,
> by "the osgeo compilation of 1.9 (master)" do you mean osgeo4w ?
> Or is there an alternative site for binary distributions (other than
> http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/Download ) ?

Yes that one.

> (I do not use osgeo4w, as I think that it is as or even more complex
> than having a real linux system
> and you do not get all the rest of advantages included with a linux
> distribution.)

I use it at work, where we're tied to windows for various reasons.
I agree about complexity (it's probably only as bad as linux), which is why I've not suggested it as a install path to my colleagues. But then, that's why it's labelled as for advanced users (or stubborn thick-headded ones).

ramon.

> Agus
> 
> 
> 2011/12/30 Ramon Andiñach <custard at westnet.com.au>:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm a bit like Agus, and am not in a position to compile to test properly.
>> 
>> But I can confirm it is working in the osgeo compilation of 1.9 (master).
>> 
>> -ramon.
>> 
>> On 23/12/2011, at 18:40 , Agustin Lobo wrote:
>> 
>>> Alexander,
>>> 
>>> In order to check on ubuntu, I would need to either compile (which I
>>> do not know how to do)
>>> or install the nightly build (which would overwrite my current
>>> installation), am I wrong?
>> 
>> Mostly no, but it does require compilation of various add on bits (e.g. if your not in a situation to avoid ecw files). The .deb nightly files, as was pointed out to me are mostly about making sure qgis itself works, and anything else is a bonus.
>> 
>>> Also, this would not be a solution for windows users relying on the
>>> "stable" 1.7.3
>>> 
>>> A good thing of having back this tool in fTools is that improved
>>> versions can be easily installed as an
>>> updated plugin. I think that being the JOIN a fundamental operation,
>>> it should be kept it in fTools
>>> until we are positive that Properties/JOIN always work, which will not
>>> happen until users exhaustively test
>>> it from an standard binary distribution.
>>> 
>>> Agus
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2011/12/23 Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy at gmail.com>:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> this fixed yesterday in 7f0dc3c25403 and backported to
>>>> 1.7 and 1.8 branches. Please check.
>>>> 
>>>> So we don't need to restore Join in fTools
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Alexander Bruy
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