[postgis-devel] release status

[Paul Ramsey]

Before we bundle rc3 we need to get the qgis/mapserver connectivity 
stuff nailed down. Otherwise we are still not any closer to the final 
release.

P

On Monday, February 14, 2005, at 01:43 AM, strk at refractions.net wrote:

> It's almost one month since RC2 is out, and we have
> a bounce of changes logged:
>
>         - transform(): missing SRID bugfix, better error handling
>         - jdbc2: small patches, box2d/3d tests, revised docs and 
> license.
>         - jdbc2: bug fix and testcase in for pgjdbc 8.0 type 
> autoregistration
>         - few changes in autoconf
>         - reduced precision of box2d output.
>         - some functions made IMMUTABLE from STABLE,
>           for performance improvement
>         - new performance tips chapter in manual
>         - BUILDDATE extraction made more portable
>         - fixed bogus 72 index bindings
>         - prefixed DEBUG macros with PGIS_ to avoid clash with pgsql 
> one
>         - fixes in probe_geometry_columns() to work with PG72 and 
> support
>           multiple geometry columns in a single table
>         - fixed spatial_ref_sys.sql to avoid vacuuming the whole 
> database.
>         - jdbc2: Removed use of jdk1.4 only features to enable build 
> with
>           older jdk releases.
>         - jdbc2: Added support for building against pg72jdbc2.jar
>         - documentation updates: pgsql72 requirement, lwpostgis.sql
>         - memory alignment handling
>
> The "segfaulting points" issue seems to be fixed (memory alignment
> handling), but the following issues are still open:
>
> 	- mapserver connector weidness
> 	- spatial_ref_sys entries (compatibility ?)
>
> I think the special handling of the SRID=-1 should wait until 1.1.0,
> as getting 1.0.0 out is already taking too much time, so I removed
> it from the list of "open issues" (it's a feature request).
>
> If anyone has reports about mapserver connectivity or hints about
> new proj4 entries please send them out. I'd tag and boundle RC3
> this week.
>
> --strk;
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 09:11:29AM +0100, strk at refractions.net wrote:
>> Update changes:
>>
>>         - transform(): missing SRID bugfix, better error handling
>>         - jdbc2: small patches, box2d/3d tests, revised docs and 
>> license.
>>         - jdbc2: bug fix and testcase in for pgjdbc 8.0 type 
>> autoregistration
>>         - few changes in autoconf
>>         - reduced precision of box2d output.
>>         - some functions made IMMUTABLE from STABLE,
>>           for performance improvement
>>         - new performance tips chapter in manual
>>         - BUILDDATE extraction made more portable
>>         - fixed bogus 72 index bindings
>>         - prefixed DEBUG macros with PGIS_ to avoid clash with pgsql 
>> one
>>         - fixes in probe_geometry_columns() to work with PG72 and 
>> support
>>           multiple geometry columns in a single table
>>
>> Updated open issues:
>>
>>         - segfaulting points
>>         - mapserver connector weirdnesses
>> 	- spatial_ref_sys entries (incompatible between PROJ versions?)
>>         - SRID=-1 special handling
>>
>> --strk;
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 01:25:41PM +0100, strk at refractions.net wrote:
>>> 12 days has gone since RC2.
>>>
>>> This are changes so far:
>>>
>>>         - transform(): missing SRID bugfix, better error handling
>>>         - jdbc2: small patches, box2d/3d tests, revised docs and 
>>> license.
>>>         - few changes in autoconf
>>>         - reduced precision of box2d output.
>>>         - some functions made IMMUTABLE from STABLE,
>>>           for performance improvement
>>>         - new performance tips chapter in manual
>>>
>>> This are the open issues in order of importance:
>>>
>>> 	- segfaulting points
>>> 	- mapserver connector weirdnesses
>>> 	- SRID=-1 special handling
>>>
>>> It would be useful to have most informations about the bugs handy.
>>> Paul, what about linking the bug tracker on the postgis web site ?
>>>
>>> Is anyone experiencing the points bug on this list ?
>>>
>>> --strk;
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