[Osgeo4w-trac] Re: [osgeo4w] #266: upgrade to GDAL 1.9

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#266: upgrade to GDAL 1.9
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Reporter:  jef    |       Owner:  warmerdam
    Type:  task   |      Status:  assigned 
Priority:  major  |   Component:  Package  
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Comment(by esseffe):

 Replying to [comment:12 warmerdam]:

 few clarifications about SpatiaLite:[[BR]]

 a) the obsolete v.2.3.1 released in 2009 Jul 6 is now officially
 *deprecated*[[BR]]

 b) the current "stable" version is v.3.0.1 released on 2012 Jan 3[[BR]]

 c) anyway the next v.3.1.0 is now in the Release Candidate stage, and will
 surely be released before Easter.[[BR]][[BR]]

 about libspatialite and libspatialite-amalgamation: *two* different
 flavors of the library are available:[[BR]]

 - libspatialite is a canonical library completely depending on external
 dependencies (libsqlite3, libiconv, libgeos, libproj and libfreexl)[[BR]]

 - libspatialite-amalgamation is exactly the same, but includes an internal
 private copy of the most recent SQLite.

 Using the amalgamation is absolutely discouraged: this one is simply
 intended to be a "tricky-version" mainly supporting Windows (or any other
 "odd" platform), may be useful to some developers when no recent libsqlite
 is available at all (e.g. when attempting to build on the top as OsGeo4W
 as currently configured).

 I strongly agree with FrankW: using the "private internal copy" of
 libsqlite is really dangerous and harmful, and should be carefully avoided
 as far as possible.

 Using the "canonical" libspatialite isn't at all difficult: it simply
 requires as a prerequisite to build a reasonably up-to-date libsqlite.
 a really simple and plain task using any possible
 compiler on every platform AFAIK.

 bye Sandro

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