[gdal-dev] 1.9 Release Process

[Frank Warmerdam]

Pirmin,

I have made a note to myself to look into this ticket tonight.

Best regards,

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml at sourcepole.com> wrote:
> Hi Frank, all
>
> Am Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2011, um 08.31:22 schrieb Frank Warmerdam:
>> 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.
>
> I've created a patch adding read support for shapefile measure values:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2374
> If someone could review the patch, I would like to include it in trunk for the
> 1.9.0 release.
> We're contracted to add shapefile measure value support in QGIS. And this
> enhancement gives QGIS the possibility to handle XYM geometries.
>
> I'm also working on enhancements for the Interlis drivers, but the status
> isn't good enough for a release.
>
> Regards
> Pirmin
>
> --
> Pirmin Kalberer
> Sourcepole  -  Linux & Open Source Solutions
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