[gdal-dev] Motion: Retract GDAL/OGR 1.4.3 Release

[Daniel Morissette]

I'm +1 to retract 1.4.3 and release 1.4.4 as soon as practical...

... but let's cool down, the place is not on fire, 1.4.3 has been out in 
the wild for a few weeks already, a few more hours won't make much 
difference...

Daniel


Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Motion: To retract the GDAL/OGR 1.4.3 Release, including announcing the
> retraction and removal of source and binaries from normal locations.
> 
> +1 from me
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Pursuant to the ABI incompatability found, I'm seeking permission to
> retract the 1.4.3 release.  In fact, since speed is of the essence, I have
> already done so though I can't undo my changes if the PSC isn't in 
> agreement.
> 
> In addition to a fairly gdal specific announcement of the retraction, my
> intention would be to announce a GDAL 1.4.4 release fairly widely (wider
> than would normally be the case) along with the notice that 1.4.3 is 
> retracted.
> 
> Mateusz is backing out the offending ABI change, and is looking into 
> mechanisms
> to test ABI compatability as part of stable release preparation.  
> Howard, are
> you prepared to "release manage" a 1.4.4 release later this week or over 
> the
> weekend?  If not, I'm sure we could have Mateusz be release manager for 
> 1.4.4
> and you for an eventual 1.4.5.  I would like to push this release out 
> fairly
> quickly (but not *too* quickly).
> 
> Best regards,


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