2.5 Patch

[Paul Ramsey]

Lurching towards greatness!

> On Jan 31, 2024, at 8:29 AM, Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io> wrote:
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> +1, let's ship 2.5.10 "zombie" :)
> 
> --strk;
> 
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 12:16:34PM +0100, Raúl Marín wrote:
>> +1 to Regina. I don't see any problem if you are doing the work
>> 
>> 
>> On 30/1/24 22:39, Regina Obe wrote:
>>>> So, I have a problem, not a technical one but a bureaucratic one.
>>>> We (Crunchy) are still shopping Pg12 and PostGIS 2.5 to customers on RHEL. The
>>>> new bug/backwards behaviour break that has busted our GML/KML support is
>>>> affecting those versions too. In the ordinary course of affairs, I would apply my
>>>> fix all the way back to 2.5 and release a 2.5.10, but the NEWS header says
>>>> 
>>>> "PostGIS 2.5.9
>>>> 2022/11/11
>>>> This release works for PostgreSQL 9.4 thru PostgreSQL 12 and is the End-Of-Life
>>>> release of the PostGIS 2.5 series.”
>>>> 
>>>> What should I do?
>>>> 
>>>> P=
>>> I say go for it.  If you are willing to do the work of a 2.5.10 release, I see no reason to stop you.
>>> 
>>> It's more of an issue for people demanding us to fix something and not willing to pay for the effort of us doing so in my mind.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> +1