[Qgis-developer] Announcing the release of QGIS 2.2
QGIS 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 2.2 'Valmiera'. The emphasis on this release has been very much on polish and performance - we have added many new features, tweaks and enhancements to make the user interface more consistent and professional looking (and hopefully easier to use). The composer (used for creating print ready maps) has had a lot of work done to it to make it a more viable platform for creating great cartographic outputs. This is first release following our new four month release schedule that is meant to make new features and bugfixes available quicker and the development and new releases more predictable. In order to streamline the release process, we only release the source code today. The binaries will be created in close succession by the individual package maintainers. The source code is and the binaries soon will be available via the large download link on our home page: http://qgis.org If there is not yet a binary package for your platform on the above page, please check back regularly as packagers push out their work and the download page will reflect the new packages. A word of thanks to our contributors, donors and sponsors -- QGIS is a largely volunteer driven project, and is the work of a dedicated team of developers, documenters and supporters. We extend our thanks and gratitude for the many, many hours people have contributed to make this release happen. Many companies and organizations contribute back their improvements to QGIS and fund development of new features when they use it as their platform, and we are grateful for this and encourage others to do the same! We would also like to thank our sponsors and donors for helping to promote our work through their financial contributions. Our current sponsors are (QGIS Sponsorship is valid for one year): Gold Sponsor: Asia Air Survey (http://www.asiaairsurvey.com/) Silver Sponsor: State of Vorarlberg (http://www.vorarlberg.at) G.A.I.A. mbH (http://www.gaia-mbh.de/) Bronze Sponsors: ArguSoft GmbH Co KG (http://argusoft.de) Molitec (http://www.molitec.it/) A current list of donors who have made financial contributions large and small to the project can be seen here: http://qgis.org/en/site/about/sponsorship.html#list-of-donors If you would like to make a donation or sponsor our project, please visit *http://qgis.org/en/site/about/sponsorship.html#sponsorship* . QGIS is Free software and you are under no obligation to do so. Sponsoring QGIS helps us to fund our six monthly developer meetings, maintain project infrastructure and fund bug fixing efforts 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://changelog.linfiniti.com/qgis/version/21/ * Give us your feedback: -- We welcome your feedback - please visit our issue tracker if you encounter an issue with the new release: http://hub.qgis.org/ Please consult the existing issues there before filing any new ones. Happy QGISing! Regards, The QGIS Team! -- Jürgen E. Fischer - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member == Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. IRC: jef on #qgis at freenode.net == -- norBIT Gesellschaft fuer Unternehmensberatung und Informationssysteme mbH Rheinstrasse 13, 26506 Norden GF: Jelto Buurman, HR: Amtsgericht Emden, HRB 5502 ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
Re: [Qgis-developer] Announcing the release of QGIS 2.2
Hi, On Sat, 22. Feb 2014 at 09:58:48 +0100, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote: The binaries will be created in close succession by the individual package maintainers. The source code is and the binaries soon will be available via the large download link on our home page: http://qgis.org I have prepared windows binaries in osgeo4w now. The currently marked 'test' there you you have to use the advanced install and check the 'Exp' radio button on the top to install them. Please test and report problems, so that I can soon promote them to 'curr'ent. Once that has happend, I'll proceed with turning them into standalone installers. Jürgen -- Jürgen E. Fischer norBIT GmbH Tel. +49-4931-918175-31 Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Rheinstraße 13Fax. +49-4931-918175-50 Software Engineer D-26506 Norden http://www.norbit.de QGIS PSC member (RM) Germany IRC: jef on FreeNode -- norBIT Gesellschaft fuer Unternehmensberatung und Informationssysteme mbH Rheinstrasse 13, 26506 Norden GF: Jelto Buurman, HR: Amtsgericht Emden, HRB 5502 ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
Re: [Qgis-developer] [Qgis-user] Announcing the release of QGIS 2.2
OS X package will be a little delayed. I am finally upgrading Macs at my job to Mt Lion, so I won't be supporting Snow Leopard, and I'm checking a few things in all my packages and my development environment. On Feb 22, 2014, at 2:58 AM, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote: QGIS 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 2.2 'Valmiera'. The emphasis on this release has been very much on polish and performance - we have added many new features, tweaks and enhancements to make the user interface more consistent and professional looking (and hopefully easier to use). The composer (used for creating print ready maps) has had a lot of work done to it to make it a more viable platform for creating great cartographic outputs. This is first release following our new four month release schedule that is meant to make new features and bugfixes available quicker and the development and new releases more predictable. In order to streamline the release process, we only release the source code today. The binaries will be created in close succession by the individual package maintainers. The source code is and the binaries soon will be available via the large download link on our home page: http://qgis.org If there is not yet a binary package for your platform on the above page, please check back regularly as packagers push out their work and the download page will reflect the new packages. - William Kyngesburye kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com http://www.kyngchaos.com/ The beast is actively interested only in now, and, as it is always now and always shall be, there is an eternity of time for the accomplishment of objects. - the wisdom of Tarzan ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
[Qgis-developer] Post-release period of portable commits only?
Hi, I have a suggestion with regards to addressing bugs and supporting the concept of a 2.2.1 bug-fix release for stability's sake. How about for a set period of time, only commits that devs think can readily be ported to the 2.2.0 branch are 'allowed' on master? With any code changes, which would make porting changes/fixes over to the 2.2.0 branch difficult, submitted via pull requests. Maybe for two weeks? I think if code is committed to core that steamrolls over the means of providing a reasonably timed bug-fix update, it becomes that much harder to do so. I also think much user frustration may stem from that vicious cycle, and we have an opportunity to fix that *right now*. Don't get me wrong. I like the new release schedule. Just looking for ways to make it as beneficial for users as it is for devs/packagers. Best regards, Larry ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
Re: [Qgis-developer] Post-release period of portable commits only?
On 23/02/2014 7:33 am, Larry Shaffer lar...@dakotacarto.com wrote: How about for a set period of time, only commits that devs think can readily be ported to the 2.2.0 branch are 'allowed' on master? With any code changes, which would make porting changes/fixes over to the 2.2.0 branch difficult, submitted via pull requests. Maybe for two weeks? As much as I'd love to see the multithreaded rendering branch land asap, I'm in favour of Larry's proposal. Nyall ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
Re: [Qgis-developer] Question on Ubuntu QGIS 2.2
Hi Randal, Does this issue address yours (e.g. install the package libqt4-sql-sqlite)? http://hub.qgis.org/issues/8662 Regards, Larry On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Randal Hale rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote: I asked on the Ubuntu GIS list and they wanted me to check here. I am using the UbuntuGIS repos. I just upgraded to QGIS 2.2 - upon the upgrade I'm getting an error. The OS is 12.04 LTS. I also renamed the .qgis directory to get a new one and the error remained. /Unable to open bookmarks database.*/Database: /home/rjhale/.qgis2//qgis.db**/Driver: Driver not loaded**/Database: Driver not loaded* If I crank up qgis from a terminal I get one more bit of useful info when trying to make a bookmark: *Warning: QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded Warning: QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL3 QMYSQL QSPATIALITE* Thoughts? Am I missing something? Randy -- - Randal Hale, GISP North River Geographic Systems, Inchttp://www.northrivergeographic.com423.653.3611 rjh...@northrivergeographic.commailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com rjh...@northrivergeographic.com twitter:rjhalehttp://about.me/rjhale ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
[Qgis-developer] Question on Ubuntu QGIS 2.2
I asked on the Ubuntu GIS list and they wanted me to check here. I am using the UbuntuGIS repos. I just upgraded to QGIS 2.2 - upon the upgrade I'm getting an error. The OS is 12.04 LTS. I also renamed the .qgis directory to get a new one and the error remained. /Unable to open bookmarks database. /Database:/home/rjhale/.qgis2//qgis.db /Driver: Driver not loaded /Database: Driver not loaded If I crank up qgis from a terminal I get one more bit of useful info when trying to make a bookmark: /Warning: QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded Warning: QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL3 QMYSQL QSPATIALITE/ Thoughts? Am I missing something? Randy -- - Randal Hale, GISP North River Geographic Systems, Inc http://www.northrivergeographic.com 423.653.3611 rjh...@northrivergeographic.com mailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com twitter:rjhale http://about.me/rjhale ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
Re: [Qgis-developer] Question on Ubuntu QGIS 2.2
You are a genius - I will name my first baby Larry. Fixed! Randy - Randal Hale, GISP North River Geographic Systems, Inc http://www.northrivergeographic.com 423.653.3611 rjh...@northrivergeographic.com mailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com twitter:rjhale http://about.me/rjhale On 02/22/2014 05:27 PM, Larry Shaffer wrote: Hi Randal, Does this issue address yours (e.g. install the package libqt4-sql-sqlite)? http://hub.qgis.org/issues/8662 Regards, Larry On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Randal Hale rjh...@northrivergeographic.com mailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote: I asked on the Ubuntu GIS list and they wanted me to check here. I am using the UbuntuGIS repos. I just upgraded to QGIS 2.2 - upon the upgrade I'm getting an error. The OS is 12.04 LTS. I also renamed the .qgis directory to get a new one and the error remained. /Unable to open bookmarks database. //Database://home/rjhale//.qgis2//qgis.db/ //Driver: Driver not loaded/ //Database: Driver not loaded/ If I crank up qgis from a terminal I get one more bit of useful info when trying to make a bookmark: /Warning: QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded Warning: QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL3 QMYSQL QSPATIALITE/ Thoughts? Am I missing something? Randy -- - Randal Hale, GISP North River Geographic Systems, Inc http://www.northrivergeographic.com 423.653.3611 tel:423.653.3611 rjh...@northrivergeographic.com mailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com mailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com mailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com twitter:rjhale http://about.me/rjhale ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
Re: [Qgis-developer] Question on Ubuntu QGIS 2.2
Hi Randy, On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Randal Hale rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote: You are a genius - I will name my first baby Larry. Whoa, there. Heck, I didn't even name my son Larry. :-) I just checked INSTALL [0] and it looks like that package needs to be added as a listed dependency. Probably should let the folks at UbuntuGIS know that as well, if you have the time. [0] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/INSTALL Regards, Larry Fixed! Randy - Randal Hale, GISP North River Geographic Systems, Inchttp://www.northrivergeographic.com423.653.3611 rjh...@northrivergeographic.commailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com rjh...@northrivergeographic.com twitter:rjhalehttp://about.me/rjhale On 02/22/2014 05:27 PM, Larry Shaffer wrote: Hi Randal, Does this issue address yours (e.g. install the package libqt4-sql-sqlite)? http://hub.qgis.org/issues/8662 Regards, Larry On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Randal Hale rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote: I asked on the Ubuntu GIS list and they wanted me to check here. I am using the UbuntuGIS repos. I just upgraded to QGIS 2.2 - upon the upgrade I'm getting an error. The OS is 12.04 LTS. I also renamed the .qgis directory to get a new one and the error remained. /Unable to open bookmarks database.*/Database: /home/rjhale/.qgis2//qgis.db**/Driver: Driver not loaded**/Database: Driver not loaded* If I crank up qgis from a terminal I get one more bit of useful info when trying to make a bookmark: *Warning: QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded Warning: QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL3 QMYSQL QSPATIALITE* Thoughts? Am I missing something? Randy -- - Randal Hale, GISP North River Geographic Systems, Inchttp://www.northrivergeographic.com423.653.3611 rjh...@northrivergeographic.commailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com rjh...@northrivergeographic.com twitter:rjhalehttp://about.me/rjhale ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
[Qgis-developer] INSTALL.txt
HI, In my struggle to manage to build QGIS from source, I finally found the INSTALL-file on github. (No link to this from the website! At least I couldn't find anything) I just want to remark, that under Optional dependencies: ... - for georeferencer - GSL = 1.8 the version number can't be correct, cause there is no such high version available. This might be no big problem for most people, but for a noob like me, this is causing hysteria and increasing blood pressure. I think it came into existence from an old version i found here http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Minimal-requirements-td4157264.html where it sais: - for georeferencer - GSL = ? (works with 1.8) In general, I would also like to remark, that it would be very nice to have kind of a wiki for build instructions for the different platforms and versions and the different related resources like GDAL, spatialite etc. as well, cause I have to build GDAL myself for MrSID and FGDB-support (and without that, QGIS on Linux is quite useless for me, at least not for productive work). Finding all these infos (and sometimes not very congruentt ones) in different blogs and forums is ridiculously time-consuming. And when I already invest so much time in fiddling out this, I would like to have the other parts state of the art as well, but there is unfortunately no common place for instructions on the related items. Cheers Bernd -- Bernd Vogelgesang Siedlerstraße 2 91083 Baiersdorf/Igelsdorf Tel: 09133-825374 ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
Re: [Qgis-developer] INSTALL.txt
Hi Bernd, (...) Finding all these infos (and sometimes not very congruentt ones) in different blogs and forums is ridiculously time-consuming. (...) Several people invested time [1] to create QGIS. You are welcome to be part of the project and improve build description. After that read your e-mail once again... Robert Szczepanek [1] http://www.ohloh.net/p/3663/estimated_cost W dniu 22.02.2014 21:32, Bernd Vogelgesang napisał(a): HI, In my struggle to manage to build QGIS from source, I finally found the INSTALL-file on github. (No link to this from the website! At least I couldn't find anything) I just want to remark, that under Optional dependencies: ... - for georeferencer - GSL = 1.8 the version number can't be correct, cause there is no such high version available. This might be no big problem for most people, but for a noob like me, this is causing hysteria and increasing blood pressure. I think it came into existence from an old version i found here http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Minimal-requirements-td4157264.html where it sais: - for georeferencer - GSL = ? (works with 1.8) In general, I would also like to remark, that it would be very nice to have kind of a wiki for build instructions for the different platforms and versions and the different related resources like GDAL, spatialite etc. as well, cause I have to build GDAL myself for MrSID and FGDB-support (and without that, QGIS on Linux is quite useless for me, at least not for productive work). Finding all these infos (and sometimes not very congruentt ones) in different blogs and forums is ridiculously time-consuming. And when I already invest so much time in fiddling out this, I would like to have the other parts state of the art as well, but there is unfortunately no common place for instructions on the related items. Cheers Bernd ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
Re: [Qgis-developer] INSTALL.txt
The web resources are always in flux to some extent, with 2.0 the data has actually been shifting from the wiki into the main docs and other appropriate places. As Robert points out, more volunteers are always welcome to help clean things up. I think in the move to the new site things got easier for new users but stuff for devs and people compiling got a little lost for those who don't already know where to look. An install.txt in the root of a source tree is actually standard practice in the industry. The download page hints (but agreed should link) if you click on Sources : Refer to the INSTALL guide on how to compile QGIS from source for the different platforms. If you're on Ubuntu or Debian the easiest way to get a build going is to do: sudo apt-get build-dep qgis This automatically pulls in all the required libraries for compiling. As for FGDB, that is absolutely possible on linux but not simple one click install. This thread has good info http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/How-to-open-ESRI-geodatabase-in-QGIS-1-8-and-Gdal-1-9-on-Ubuntu-tp5014447p5015419.html Thanks for reaching out with questions, don't hesitate when you get stuck. We also have an IRC channel if you want to try to get more immediate help especially when dealing with compiling. https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/support.html Note: there's also a #gdal channel for more help on FGDB Enjoy, Alex On 02/22/2014 07:12 PM, Robert Szczepanek wrote: Hi Bernd, (...) Finding all these infos (and sometimes not very congruentt ones) in different blogs and forums is ridiculously time-consuming. (...) Several people invested time [1] to create QGIS. You are welcome to be part of the project and improve build description. After that read your e-mail once again... Robert Szczepanek [1] http://www.ohloh.net/p/3663/estimated_cost W dniu 22.02.2014 21:32, Bernd Vogelgesang napisał(a): HI, In my struggle to manage to build QGIS from source, I finally found the INSTALL-file on github. (No link to this from the website! At least I couldn't find anything) I just want to remark, that under Optional dependencies: ... - for georeferencer - GSL = 1.8 the version number can't be correct, cause there is no such high version available. This might be no big problem for most people, but for a noob like me, this is causing hysteria and increasing blood pressure. I think it came into existence from an old version i found here http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Minimal-requirements-td4157264.html where it sais: - for georeferencer - GSL = ? (works with 1.8) In general, I would also like to remark, that it would be very nice to have kind of a wiki for build instructions for the different platforms and versions and the different related resources like GDAL, spatialite etc. as well, cause I have to build GDAL myself for MrSID and FGDB-support (and without that, QGIS on Linux is quite useless for me, at least not for productive work). Finding all these infos (and sometimes not very congruentt ones) in different blogs and forums is ridiculously time-consuming. And when I already invest so much time in fiddling out this, I would like to have the other parts state of the art as well, but there is unfortunately no common place for instructions on the related items. Cheers Bernd ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer ___ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
