[Qgis-user] Announcing the release of QGIS 2.0

[Saulteau Don]

And I only get that error on Windows 8, not Win7 using the osgeo4w installer.

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cheers nathan. Yes it does still function and is a non-critical error.
>
> Lester
>
>
> On 21 September 2013 08:41, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Lester,
>>
>> This is looking like a packaging issue.  As some other issue have also
>> turned up.
>>
>> Hold tight and we keep you posted.
>>
>> QGIS should still function fine even if that error is shown,
>>
>> - Nathan
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Tim,
>>>
>>> I checked the variables defined in QGIS2 and that points to version 2.7
>>> of Python and I also have a python variable set for version 2.5.
>>> Technically, this should not cause a problem and you can have multiple
>>> copies installed. I do not have ArcMAP or ESRI stuff installed.
>>>
>>> Never had this issue with 1.8 of QGIS; as I say it does not prevent the
>>> program running looks lit it is confused as to what to do during startup
>>> when initialising Python (which is where the window error pops up).
>>>
>>> If you know what the names of possible dll files are to check, then I can
>>> have a look.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Lester
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21 September 2013 07:51, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Tim,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just downloaded and installed the latest version QGIS 2.0.1 and it
>>>>> works - up to a point!
>>>>>
>>>>> It gives a non-critical runtime error, but after closing this window
>>>>> starts ok from what I can tell.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You may have a conflicting dll (do you have ESRI installed on your
>>>> system?) that breaks our python. ESRI has been a bad boy it seems and
>>>> installed their python into the system path so their dll's get loaded in
>>>> place of ours where they overlap. We don't have a good solution to this yet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also took a couple of tries to download the entire installer file.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah the server is swamped - we are moving things onto a new server asap
>>>> which will hopefully help things.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Lester
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20 September 2013 18:19, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Quantum GIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information
>>>>>> System that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are very pleased to announce the release of QGIS 2.0.1 ‘Dufour’.
>>>>>> This release contains new features and extends the programmatic interface
>>>>>> over QGIS the 1.x release series. Binary and source code packages are
>>>>>> available via the large download link on our home page: http://qgis.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If there is not yet a package for your platform on the above page,
>>>>>> please check back regularly as packagers are still pushing out their work
>>>>>> and they will update the download page to reflect the new packages. Along
>>>>>> with the release of QGIS 2.0.1, the QGIS Community Team is hard at work on
>>>>>> an updated QGIS Users’ Guide version 2.0.1. The guide will be available in
>>>>>> the near future - we will post announcements when it is available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are also pleased to announce our new web site is now available at
>>>>>> http://qgis.org - and we thank Boundless (http://boundlessgeo.com/) for
>>>>>> sponsoring web developer time to make the new web site look beautiful, and
>>>>>> our web team for the awesome job they have done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A word of thanks to our contributors, donors and sponsors
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> QGIS is a largely volunteer driven project, and is the work of a
>>>>>> dedicated team of developers, documenters and supporters. We extend our
>>>>>> thanks and gratitude for the many, many hours people have contributed to
>>>>>> make this release happen. Many companies and organisations contribute back
>>>>>> improvements to QGIS when they use it as their platform, and we are grateful
>>>>>> for this and encourage others to do the same! We would also like to thank
>>>>>> our sponsors and donors for helping to promote our work through their
>>>>>> financial contributions. Our current sponsors are (QGIS Sponsorship is valid
>>>>>> for one year):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gold Sponsor:
>>>>>> Asia Air Survey http://www.asiaairsurvey.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Silver Sponsor:
>>>>>> State of Vorarlberg (http://www.vorarlberg.at)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bronze Sponsors:
>>>>>> FOSSGIS.DE (http://www.fossgis.de/) and
>>>>>> Kanton Solothurn  (http://www.agi.so.ch/)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A special thanks also to the QGIS User Group Switzerland for
>>>>>> co-funding bug fixing activities in the lead up to the release!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A current list of donors who have made contributions large and small
>>>>>> to the project can be seen here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://qgis.org/html/en/site/about/sponsorship.html#donation
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you would like to make a donation or sponsor our project, please
>>>>>> visit http://qgis.org/html/en/site/about/sponsorship.html#sponsorship . QGIS
>>>>>> is Free software and you are under no obligation to do so. Sponsoring QGIS
>>>>>> helps us to fund our six monthly developer meetings, maintain project
>>>>>> infrastructure and fund bug fixing efforts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Visual tour of the new release:
>>>>>> --------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can find a list of highlighted changes and new features listed on
>>>>>> the detailed release announcement available here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://qgis.org/html/en/docs/user_manual/preamble/whats_new.html?highlight=whats%20new
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Give us your feedback:
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We welcome your feedback - please visit our issue tracker if you
>>>>>> encounter an issue with the new release:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://hub.qgis.org/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please consult the existing issues there before lodging any new ones.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Happy QGIS’ing!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The QGIS Team!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member
>>>>>> ==============================================
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>>>> Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member
>>>> ==============================================
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