[postgis-tickets] r15569 - Make GEOS 3.5.0 the minimum required

[Regina Obe]

Author: robe
Date: 2017-08-22 16:13:38 -0700 (Tue, 22 Aug 2017)
New Revision: 15569

Modified:
   trunk/NEWS
   trunk/configure.ac
   trunk/doc/installation.xml
Log:
Make GEOS 3.5.0 the minimum required
Closes #3810

Modified: trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/NEWS	2017-08-22 23:09:16 UTC (rev 15568)
+++ trunk/NEWS	2017-08-22 23:13:38 UTC (rev 15569)
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
   - #3748, address_standardizer lookup tables update
            so pagc_normalize_address better standardizes abbreviations
 
+* Breaking Changes *
+  - #3810, GEOS 3.5.0 or above minimum required to compile
 
+
 PostGIS 2.4.0alpha
 2017/08/05
 See PostGIS 2.4.0 section for details

Modified: trunk/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- trunk/configure.ac	2017-08-22 23:09:16 UTC (rev 15568)
+++ trunk/configure.ac	2017-08-22 23:13:38 UTC (rev 15569)
@@ -669,10 +669,10 @@
 GEOS_NUMERIC_MINOR_VERSION=`printf "%02d" $GEOS_MINOR_VERSION`
 GEOS_NUMERIC_VERSION="$GEOS_MAJOR_VERSION$GEOS_NUMERIC_MINOR_VERSION$GEOS_NUMERIC_PATCH_VERSION"
 
-dnl Ensure that we are using GEOS >= 3.3.0
+dnl Ensure that we are using GEOS >= 3.5.0
 AC_MSG_RESULT([checking GEOS version... $GEOS_FULL_VERSION])
-if test ! "$GEOS_NUMERIC_VERSION" -ge 30300; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([PostGIS requires GEOS >= 3.3.0])
+if test ! "$GEOS_NUMERIC_VERSION" -ge 30500; then
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([PostGIS requires GEOS >= 3.5.0])
 fi
 
 dnl Extract the linker and include flags

Modified: trunk/doc/installation.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/installation.xml	2017-08-22 23:09:16 UTC (rev 15568)
+++ trunk/doc/installation.xml	2017-08-22 23:13:38 UTC (rev 15569)
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@
 
 	  <listitem>
 		<para>
-		  GEOS geometry library, version 3.3 or greater, but GEOS 3.5+ is recommended to take full advantage of all the new functions and features.  Without GEOS 3.5,
+		  GEOS geometry library, version 3.5 or greater, but GEOS 3.7+ is recommended to take full advantage of all the new functions and features.  Without GEOS 3.5,
 			you will be missing some major enhancements such as <xref linkend="ST_ClipByBox2D" /> and <xref linkend="ST_Subdivide" />. GEOS is available for download from
 		  <ulink url="http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/">
 			http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/
-		  </ulink> and 3.4+ is backward-compatible with older versions so fairly safe to upgrade.
+		  </ulink> and 3.5+ is backward-compatible with older versions so fairly safe to upgrade.
 		</para>
 	  </listitem>
 	  <listitem>