[Ubuntu] GDAL 1.7.3

[Alex Mandel]

I'll note an easy way to test porting a package back one version of
Ubuntu is to use the Prevu tool. Here's a rough guide
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Prevu

Thanks,
Alex

On 11/26/2010 12:17 PM, Alan Boudreault wrote:
> FYI, I've uploaded gdal 1.7.3 for Lucid in the PPA. If you want to rebuild it 
> for karmic, you can download it here:
> 
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntugis-unstable/+packages
> 
> and you can check what are the needed changes for karmic here:
> 
>  http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/browser/packages/gdal/karmic/trunk/debian/changelog
> 
> especially the following section: gdal (1.7.2-4~karmic1) karmic; urgency=low
> 
> regards,
> Alan
> 
> On November 26, 2010 09:17:28 am Alan Boudreault wrote:
>> Tom,
>>
>> non-LTS releases are only supported for 1 year after they are released. We
>> highly recommend to only use LTS releases for your servers.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On November 26, 2010 09:11:48 am Tom Holderness wrote:
>>> Hi Alan,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply. How come Karmic isn't supported any more? I was
>>> hoping to put off upgrading my processing server to 10.04 untill the New
>>> Year, but there are fixes in GDAL 1.7.3 from bugs that I've submitted. I
>>> guess I can try using the karmic package untill then.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> On 26 November 2010 13:48, Alan Boudreault <aboudreault at mapgears.com> 
> wrote:
>>>>  Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, packaging 1.7.3 is on my list. However, Karmic is no longer
>>>> supported, so I wont build the package for it. Once the package for
>>>> Lucid will be made.. it should very easy to rebuild it on your karmic
>>>> machine without (or a few) modifications (IIRC).
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>>> On November 26, 2010 08:38:52 am Tom Holderness wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I was just wondering if there are any plans to build GDAL 1.7.3 soon
>>>>>
>>>>> (specifically for Karmic in my case), If someone tells me what's
>>>>
>>>> involved,
>>>>
>>>>> I'd be happy to join the team and try building myself.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Alan Boudreault
>>>>
>>>> Mapgears
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mapgears.com
>