[Qgis-developer] Blocking issues?

[Etienne Tourigny]

Hi devs,

I was wondering what is the current status of 1.8 release.  I have a
number of new features I would like to create pull requests for, but I
guess it is better to wait until 1.8 release before that.

Etienne

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Marco Hugentobler
<marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch> wrote:
>> 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 --
>>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Marco Hugentobler
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>
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