[Qgis-user] Announcing the release of QGIS 2.0

Sat Sep 21 00:41:45 PDT 2013

Hey Lester,

This is looking like a packaging issue.  As some other issue have also
turned up.

Hold tight and we keep you posted.

QGIS should still function fine even if that error is shown,

- Nathan

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Tim,
>
> I checked the variables defined in QGIS2 and that points to version 2.7 of
> Python and I also have a python variable set for version 2.5. Technically,
> this should not cause a problem and you can have multiple copies installed.
> I do not have ArcMAP or ESRI stuff installed.
>
> Never had this issue with 1.8 of QGIS; as I say it does not prevent the
> program running looks lit it is confused as to what to do during startup
> when initialising Python (which is where the window error pops up).
>
> If you know what the names of possible dll files are to check, then I can
> have a look.
>
> Cheers
> Lester
>
>
> On 21 September 2013 07:51, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tim,
>>>
>>> Just downloaded and installed the latest version QGIS 2.0.1 and it works
>>> - up to a point!
>>>
>>> It gives a non-critical runtime error, but after closing this window
>>> starts ok from what I can tell.
>>>
>>>
>> You may have a conflicting dll (do you have ESRI installed on your
>> system?) that breaks our python. ESRI has been a bad boy it seems and
>> installed their python into the system path so their dll's get loaded in
>> place of ours where they overlap. We don't have a good solution to this yet.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Also took a couple of tries to download the entire installer file.
>>>
>>>
>> Yeah the server is swamped - we are moving things onto a new server asap
>> which will hopefully help things.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>> Lester
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20 September 2013 18:19, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Quantum GIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information
>>>> System that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.
>>>>
>>>> We are very pleased to announce the release of QGIS 2.0.1 ‘Dufour’.
>>>> This release contains new features and extends the programmatic interface
>>>> over QGIS the 1.x release series. Binary and source code packages are
>>>> available via the large download link on our home page: http://qgis.org
>>>>
>>>> If there is not yet a package for your platform on the above page,
>>>> please check back regularly as packagers are still pushing out their work
>>>> and they will update the download page to reflect the new packages. Along
>>>> with the release of QGIS 2.0.1, the QGIS Community Team is hard at work on
>>>> an updated QGIS Users’ Guide version 2.0.1. The guide will be available in
>>>> the near future - we will post announcements when it is available.
>>>>
>>>> We are also pleased to announce our new web site is now available at
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>>>> for sponsoring web developer time to make the new web site look beautiful,
>>>> and our web team for the awesome job they have done.
>>>>
>>>> A word of thanks to our contributors, donors and sponsors
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> QGIS is a largely volunteer driven project, and is the work of a
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>>>> thanks and gratitude for the many, many hours people have contributed to
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>>>>
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>>>> bug fixing activities in the lead up to the release!
>>>>
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>>>> Visual tour of the new release:
>>>> --------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> You can find a list of highlighted changes and new features listed on
>>>> the detailed release announcement available here:
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>> http://qgis.org/html/en/docs/user_manual/preamble/whats_new.html?highlight=whats%20new
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Give us your feedback:
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> We welcome your feedback - please visit our issue tracker if you
>>>> encounter an issue with the new release:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Please consult the existing issues there before lodging any new ones.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Happy QGIS’ing!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> The QGIS Team!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member
>>>> ==============================================
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>> ==============================================
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