[gdal-dev] GDAL 3.9.0 rc1 is available

[Scott]

Thanks for the -E, -field_sep and -ignore_extra_input in gdallocationinfo!

It means we no longer have to pipe the input/output through paste -d or sed

On 5/6/24 06:43, Even Rouault via gdal-dev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have prepared a GDAL/OGR 3.9.0 release candidate.
> 
> NEWS at:
> 
>    https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/v3.9.0RC1/NEWS.md
> 
> Pick up an archive among the following ones (by ascending size):
> 
>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.9.0/gdal-3.9.0rc1.tar.xz
>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.9.0/gdal-3.9.0rc1.tar.gz
>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.9.0/gdal390rc1.zip
> 
> A snapshot of the gdalautotest suite is also available :
> 
> https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.9.0/gdalautotest-3.9.0rc1.tar.gz
>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.9.0/gdalautotest-3.9.0rc1.zip
> 
> A snapshot of the documentation is at:
> 
>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.9.0/gdal390doc.zip
> 
> I'll call for a vote promoting it later this week if no serious problems 
> are
> reported before.
> 
> There are no major changes, impacting packaging or integration, since 
> beta2, but
> functional bugfixes and enhancements:
> * /vsigs/: fix RmdirRecursive() on an empty directory
> * /vsigs/ UnlinkBatch(): make sure that path config options are checked 
> for the
>    deleted files and not '/vsigs/batch/
> * /vsiaz/ UnlinkBatch(): make sure that path config options are checked 
> for the
>    deleted files
> * Various fixes in MiramonVector driver
> * Warper: add a NODATA_VALUES_PCT_THRESHOLD option
> * gdal2tiles: add --nodata-values-pct-threshold option
> * support HDF5EOS metadata where the GROUP=GridStructure has an empty sub
>    GROUP=Dimension
> * HDF5: implement GetOffset() and GetScale() for netCDF metadata items 
> add_offset
>    and scale_factor
> * TileDB: multidim: prevent infinite recursion when opening an array in 
> a group
>    where there are 2 or more 2D+ arrays
> * TileDB: multidim: OpenMDArray(): fix opening an array, member of a group,
>    which has no explicit name
> * Fix scripts/gdal-bash-completion.sh
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Even
>