[PROJ] PROJ 8

[Roger Bivand]

Thanks, Kristian!

On Thu, 18 Feb 2021, Kristian Evers wrote:

> Roger,
>
> The release is scheduled for March 1st and I will put out a release 
> candidate within the next 2 or 3 days. As usual.
>

Good.

> The schedule for upcoming release can be found here 
> https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/milestones. I will add the next years' 
> worth of releases soon, but generally we do bi-monthly releases with 
> alternating patch and minor version releases. Release candidates go out 
> roughly a week before the release. We don't do alpha or beta versions. 
> For that you will have to track changes in master. You probably already 
> knew that.
>

Yes.

> The major change this time is the removal of proj_api.h. This has been 
> announced well in advance so I don't think a larger time gap between RC 
> and final release will make any difference if downstream projects 
> haven't adapted yet.
>

Right, R packages are OK and condition on PROJ version (the Solaris test 
platform is stuck at 5.2.0).

> I don't anticipate any major issues with the upcoming release but since 
> this is a major version bump there is always a risk. I would expect any 
> problems to be related to changes in the autotools/CMake setups, those 
> are usually found quickly by the packagers and easily resolved. In case 
> something larger surfaces we can postpone the final release until that 
> is taken care of.
>
> On a related note, if someone out there should be eager to take on the 
> role of release manager for PROJ I am happy to hand over that 
> responsibility. It is definitely possible to run a tighter ship, 
> unfortunately I just haven't got the available time for that.

I understand; other important components are in the same position. I 
think, however, that the introuction of pipelines, the transition to an 
SQL database, and the availability of the CDN have moved PROJ to a much 
better position. Thanks very much for having really made a difference!

Roger

>
> Best,
> Kristian
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PROJ <proj-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Roger Bivand
>> Sent: 18. februar 2021 10:00
>> To: PROJ <proj at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: [PROJ] PROJ 8
>>
>> Could I please ask for dates for alpha/beta/RC for PROJ 8? Should we
>> anticipate 1 March (in roughly 10 days) as before, or is there another
>> timmetable? 10 days is a bit tight for downstream to adapt code if
>> necessary. Is the current state of the main branch what should be expected
>> as alpha?
>>
>> Roger
>>
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Roger Bivand
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