[Qgis-user] Re: QGIS 1.5 Update for ECW/SID support crashes

[Micha Silver]

On 18/10/2010 10:15, Paolo Cavallini wrote:

> Il 18/10/2010 10:02, Jürgen E. Fischer ha scritto:
>
>> Ok.  Two options.  I'd opt for 1.7.  Should we start a poll?
> I would suggest: go for 1.7, and keep a legacy standalone with ECW support for the
> desperate addicts to that format.
> How does it sound?
> All the best.
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It's not a question of who's lucky and who is desperate. Every 
time the ECW /MrSid/GDAL licensing problems come up, there's a 
flurry of posts on the list asking "Program X has ECW support, 
why not QGIS?".  Many users don't have a choice.  We all 
realize that both compression formats are in wide-spread use 
by govt offices, aerial photo companies, etc. I consider 
support for ECW part of the core functionality of any GIS 
system today.
If it's too complicated to maintain parallel installations of 
GDAL 1.6 and 1.7, then I'd prefer keeping 1.6 until ERDAS 
clarifies or loosens their licensing policy.

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Micha

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