[gdal-dev] 1.9 Release Process

[Etienne Tourigny]

Frank, I have 2 issues I would like to address before 1.9 is released.

1) The ability to save the gdal commandline string and access it later.

This is useful for the netcdf 'history' metadata, and consistent with
all other software that manipulates netcdf files.  Suggested patch
adds 2 functions to gdal.h (only one is really needed) and modifies
GDALGeneralCmdLineProcessor() slightly (because that is where the
commandline is processed).

Details and small patch are in bug #4297.


2) Fixes to importFromESRI - bugs #4345 and #4378

I have committed a fix  to trunk (r23542) and it is optional, using a
Configuration Option to be activated.
It tries to fix missing parts of ESRI WKT (like TOWGS84 parameters and
DATUM and GEOGCS EPSG codes).
I would like to see if we can turn it on by default (at least for
DATUM and TOWGS84).


regards,
Etienne

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> 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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