[GRASS-stats] rgrass7_0.1-2 on CRAN

[Rainer M Krug]

Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand at nhh.no> writes:

> I've just submitted a new version of rgrass7 to CRAN, and the source
> package is now available. The Windows CRAN binary will follow shortly,
> but the OSX CRAN Mavericks binary may be delayed. This is because the
> new version suggests the most recent rgdal_1.0-6, which fixes an issue
> with the SQLite driver in GDAL2, seen when that driver is available.
>
> The main change is to move the vector interface to using the SQLite
> format for intermediate files if it is available, and to get around
> the field name length restriction when using the shapefile
> format.

Thanks Roger - this is a very welcome improvement.

Cheers,

Rainer

> Users should not see changes in behaviour, but I'd be grateful
> for reports to ensure that using these alternative mechanisms does not
> change results. Among other things, the laundering of SQLite field
> names is turned off, to prevent unintended conversion to lower case.
>
> Suggestions and reports welcome!
>
> Roger

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