[Qgis-developer] Update to the SpatiaLite provider - ( Mac OS X nighty build)

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi Noli,

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Giuseppe Sucameli <sucameli at faunalia.it>
>> wrote:
>>> Before merging it I've opened a pull request [1], further tests
>>> are welcome.
>>
>> I'm going to merge it today, if there are no objections, of
>> course. Better having it in core to make testing easier,
>> that out like now.

The nightly builds I have setup for Mac try to adhere to the same
requirements as a Kyngchaos.com stable install (so most users can
basically just download the nightly app and try it out). Notable
exception is support for Globe plugin (forthcoming). William's
spatialite libraries/headers are embedded in the
/Library/Frameworks/SQLite3.framework install, and are not bundled
with the app, i.e. wouldn't be included in the nightly app, just
linked to local components.

This means if I do something custom for v. 4.0, users would also have
to compile and install spatialite themselves, too. I would prefer to
wait until William gives us an update on when he might be rolling a
new framework. If he won't be able to do that for a while, I will look
into a CMake setup, whereby a custom spatialite install is bundled
with the app (a la libfcgi, libspatialindex and libpq). That should
probably be done anyway.

Looks like William's current SQLite3.framework version is 3.7.14.1, so
that should handle the requirements for spatialite 4.0. Not sure if he
includes FreeXL though, to import data from Microsoft Excel format
(.xls suffix) files.

Regards,

Larry


> Hi Larry,
>
> Would it be possible to tell us when you release a Mac OS X nightly
> build that includes this update Spatialite provider (i.e. SPL 4.0.0).
>
> Thanks.
>
> Noli
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