[geos-devel] Note about GEOS 3.0.0 release

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 03:22 +0200, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Recently a few users have been asking about when new
> release 3.0.0 is planned. There is no date fixed yet.
> 
> I can tell the GEOS 3.0.0rc4 can be safely considered as stable.
> technically releasing GEOS 3.0.0 could be as easy as renaming the
> package, but publishing new release involves more steps than preparing a
> package. At the moment, there is rush around FOSS4G 2007 preparation, so
> it sounds reasonable IMO if GEOS will be released officially after the
> event. For now, please consider use of 3.0.0rc4 as GEOS stable.
> 
> Thank you for understanding.
> 
> Best regards


Hi Mateusz,

While 3.0.0rc4 seems reasonably usable, there may have been a new bug
introduce in the latest SVN - see these posts here for more info:

http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-devel/2007-August/002717.html
http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-devel/2007-August/002729.html
http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-devel/2007-August/002733.html


ATB,

Mark.

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