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36854	Update GEOS bindings to remove usage of deprecated functions	David Smith	David Smith	"At time of writing (early 2026) the minimum supported version of GEOS is 3.8. There are a number of functions that GEOS has deprecated support for, see a full list at:

https://libgeos.org/doxygen/deprecated.html

An audit should be conducted of used functions against this list and then migrate away from them.

Two functions that have been noticed so far are `initGEOS_r` [https://github.com/django/django/blob/f3b982f21f098958e1e018044df00e93cdb40bd1/django/contrib/gis/geos/prototypes/threadsafe.py#L16 link] and `finishGEOS_r` [https://github.com/django/django/blob/f3b982f21f098958e1e018044df00e93cdb40bd1/django/contrib/gis/geos/prototypes/threadsafe.py#L11 link]."	Cleanup/optimization	closed	GIS	6.0	Normal	fixed			Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0