[Ubuntu] ubuntugis-unstable: gdal_merge.py missing? [PYTHON]PATH to be set?

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

On 10/29/21 12:18, Martin Weis wrote:
> Am 28.10.21 um 12:42 schrieb Sebastiaan Couwenberg:
>> But that's incorrect, it should be: swig/python/gdal-utils/scripts/*.py
>>
>> The fix was just pushed and will be included in the next 3.3.3 upload
>> for Debian.
> 
> WOW - thank you so much for the immediate response and fix!
> 
>> This will need to be cherry-picked for the UbuntuGIS packages if they
>> won't switch to 3.3.3 soon.
> 
> Is there any issue to be opened, or anything else I could help with?

Angelos will include the change in the package for UbuntuGIS is 
mentioned on this list:

  https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ubuntu/2021-October/001989.html

> Most important thing is solved (code, tech), now some processes may need
> some investments?

About the only thing that could have prevented this issue is having more 
people review gdal packaging changes.

The upcoming switch to CMake in GDAL 3.4 is a good time to re-evaluate 
much of the custom packaging rules and whether to keep that or rely on 
the buildsystem to do the right thing. A lot of these customizations 
stem from having to build gdal for more than only Python version. Now 
that python2 is EOL, we could decide to only support a single one like 
was done for mapserver. That way there may not be any need for 
buildsystem hacks, reducing the risk of bugs like this one.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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