[geos-devel] [postgis-devel] GEOS 3.4.0 is out

[Paragon Corporation]

Greg,

> Does the missing platform.h cause you problems?
If its still broken for you then I guess we'll need to push a 3.4.1 since
fixing this would require changing the Makefile.am again
Which is technically part of source.

Regarding the platform.h issue -- that was in response to Frank w.
complaining that it makes it difficult to compile the tar ball under Nmake.
You see there is a  platform.h.in  and a platform.h.vc so when the tar is
built under POSIX it creates a platform.h that is invalid for Nmake (windows
users).

I had tested with ./configure and it seemed to compile okay with that
missing so presumed it was fine.  I took frank's word for it as far as Nmake
was concerned.

> I think I should wait until there's a correct release tarball.

Guys sorry. Was it wrong protocol to just fix the 3.4.0 tarball. Is it still
broken for you Greg?

I was thinking I should have given it a different name such as
geos-3.4.0-2.tar.bz2 (which is what I do when I screw up windows packaging
in stackbuilder)
But then I was worried people would get even more confused since they are
accustomed to just pulling a geos-<someversion>.tar.bz2.  
So I just (hopefully) fixed the broken build.



> Thanks - but I'm not sure why you say Friday - isn't it as simple as

>  add NEWS that
>    3.4.1 has no intended changes
>    3.4.0 tarball was broken and is withdrawn

>  bump version

>  rerun make dist?

>  (consider in terms of official release approval process that this is
  just 3.4.0.1 and doesn't need revoting)

Well it would be really nice not to have to bump to 3.4.1 for something that
is mostly a packaging issue.
In that case I would vote for 

1) Lets find more things to complain about all this week
2) Release a 3.4.1 on Friday that takes care of the complaints.

You could say my screw-up is a window of opportunity to complain for another
week :)

Thanks,
Regina