[Qgis-developer] Blocking issues?

[Marco Hugentobler]

>ok, then can we close the ticket? What about also adding a warning when
>a user on win tries to print a large format?

Agreed, it is reasonable to add a warning for win32 (though I need to 
make a few experiments to figure out the pixel limit that works).

Regards,
Marco

Am 04.05.2012 11:46, schrieb Giovanni Manghi:
> Hi Marco,
>
>> I've just tried to print to A0 with QGIS 1.6 on win7 (64bit, but QGIS
>> compiled on WoW 32 bit) and got the crash. For me, it looks like a
>> memory problem, not like a regression.
>> -QGIS on win7 compiled with msvc 64 bit: printing to A0 works
>> -Linux 64bit: printing to A0 works (I remember it worked on 32bit Linux
>> too, probably because gcc is able to use more memory than msvc 32bit).
>> - No problem on Mac 64bit
> right, this is what it is reported in the tickets. The problem surfaces
> only on win32. I also made a few tests months ago (see the ticket) but
> for me as for other users qgis 1.6 seemed to work fine (but maybe it was
> a matter of the size/weight of the project).
>
>
>> So the resolution is to use a 64bit compiled executable on Windows.
>> Since at Sourcepole, we need to have a 64bit win version ready for our
>> clients, we will also provide a public download for 1.8.
> ok, then can we close the ticket? What about also adding a warning when
> a user on win tries to print a large format?
>
>
> cheers
>
> -- Giovanni --
>


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Dr. Marco Hugentobler
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