[Qgis-user] Ubuntu and gdal 1.11

[Alex M]

On 04/13/2016 10:16 AM, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote:
> Hi Randal,
> 
> On Wed, 13. Apr 2016 at 12:59:40 -0400, Randal Hale wrote:
>> I hate to ask,  I was checking fedora last night and they are up to
>> at least gdal 2.0. Osgeo4w is at 2.02. Ubuntu seems to be in a happy
>> spot with 1.11.2. Are there any plans to move to gdal 2.0 on
>> Ubuntu/UbuntuGIS anytime soon.
> 
> Dunno.  Debian unstable is a 2.0.2 too.  I guess Ubuntu will pull it in at some
> point (xenial is at 1.11.3).   The ubuntugis list is ubuntu at lists.osgeo.org.
> 
> 
> Jürgen
> 

Yes there are plans. Looks like that list isn't archived on nabble. We
were waiting in part on 2.0.x making Debian (wasn't there in Feb).
Angelos and Martin Landa are organizing and IRC meeting to coordinate an
Ubunutgis package refresh.

Thanks,
Alex