[Qgis-developer] minimum versions

[Carson Farmer]

Hi Devs, I'd like to a get take on the minimum versions for some of
the software that qgis depends on, namely GEOS, SIP, and GDAL/OGR.
What is our policy on minimum versions, how often do we update them,
and how can I find out what they are for the various bits and pieces?
Do we have any official documents/places where this information is
stored? I ask because a) recent versions of GEOS > 3.1 have several
new features like one sided buffers etc that would be quite nice to
have, and b) the more Pythonic way of interacting with the PyQGIS
bindings requires a more recent version of SIP > 4.9, which would make
python plugin development easier and cleaner for all the Pythonistas
out there...

Thanks in advance for any information,

Carson

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Carson J. Q. Farmer
ISSP Doctoral Fellow
National Centre for Geocomputation
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
http://www.carsonfarmer.com/