[GRASSLIST:128] Re: 5.0.0pre3 to 5.0.2 conversion problem

[Moritz Lennert]

Michael Ash said:
>
>> > Just a thought - I can date the lzw to z compression change to
>> 25-Nov-2000
>> > (the r.lzw2z README) - what date was 5.0.0pre3? I recently hit an old
>> > raster still in lzw compression, and puzzled a bit before remembering
>> the
>> > shift. I think 5.0.0pre3 was early 2002, so having an lzw
>> floating-point
>> > raster isn't likely (and probably wouldn't open), but it may be worth
>> > checking when it was created.
>
>
> Sorry about that misfired message. I meant to cancel and
> sent instead.
>
> I think that 5.0.0pre3 was indeed early 2002, but I am not
> sure that I ven understand the possibility.
>

See http://grass.itc.it/announces/announce_lzw_removal.html for an
explanation.

Moritz