[postgis-users] Early Special: 1.0.0 Released

[Abe Gillespie]

I'd like to extend my gratitude too.  I should be rolling PostGIS into
my business model soon.  Thanks for all the hard work!

-Abe

On 4/20/05, strk at refractions.net <strk at refractions.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 04:22:41PM -0300, Eduardo Patto Kanegae wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Congratulations for the great job!
> >
> > Is the $postgis/doc/postgis.xml file updated with PostGIS 1.0.0 too?
> 
> Sure!
> --strk;
> 
> >
> > best.
> >
> > Eduardo Patto Kanegae
> > http://www.webmapit.com.br
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> >
> >
> >
> > strk at refractions.net wrote:
> >
> > >On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 01:49:09PM -0400, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Awesome job guys!
> > >>
> > >>I have a question on upgrading because I have never done that before.
> > >>I'm on FreeBSD and use the portsupgrade utility so it just pretty much
> > >>happens. The problem with this is I don't have access to an of the new
> > >>info until after the upgrade (I should browse CVS I guess).
> > >>
> > >>My question is do I need to do the dump before the upgrade? or is the
> > >>dump utility smart enough to dump the old format also. And if so, what
> > >>is the command I should use to do the dump the  tables?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >The online manual show be clear enough, and fixed if is not.
> > >http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch02.html#upgrading
> > >
> > >Actually.. there's probably an important note missing, which
> > >is that the dump phase (first step) must be done *before*
> > >the new postgis is installed.
> > >
> > >The 'make install' command must be given after the dump has
> > >been produced and *before* the postgis_restore.pl script
> > >is invoked. Running postgis_restore.pl *before* the new
> > >postgis library is installed might result in unresolved
> > >references but since you have the dump you can restore
> > >again after installing the new one.
> > >
> > >VERY IMPORTANT: make your dumps BEFORE installing the
> > >new postgis !
> > >
> > >--strk;
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Thanks,
> > >> -Steve W.
> > >>
> > >>Paul Ramsey wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Just for you list'ers an early announcement of 1.0.0:
> > >>>
> > >>>After a long series of release candidates, the much anticipated 1.0.0
> > >>>version of PostGIS has been released. The 1.0.0 version includes
> > >>>substantial changes over the original 0.X series, most importantly a new
> > >>>on-disk format which is both more compact and faster to access. The
> > >>>1.0.0 version is compatible with PostgreSQL 7.2 and higher, but is most
> > >>>tighhtly integrated with the PostgreSQL 8.0 and higher releases.
> > >>>
> > >>>New features in 1.0.0 include:
> > >>>
> > >>>  * Smaller and faster on-disk formats
> > >>>  * Improved selectivity estimates, including support for join
> > >>>selectivity and sub-selects
> > >>>  * Hex-based canonical format, for driftless dump and restore
> > >>>  * 4-D geometries
> > >>>  * New functions:
> > >>>        o Polygonize
> > >>>        o AsGML
> > >>>        o ForceRHR
> > >>>        o SnapToGrid
> > >>>        o Geometry Constructors
> > >>>  * Improved JDBC interface with jdbc2 support
> > >>>  * 64-bit platform support
> > >>>  * Performance improvements for common boolean operators
> > >>>
> > >>>Current users of PostGIS will want to read the README file on upgrading
> > >>>with particular attention to the use of the utils/postgis_restore.pl
> > >>>script.
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