Changes between Version 87 and Version 88 of GeoDjango

Timestamp:

Jul 13, 2007, 11:19:41 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

jbronn

Comment:

GDAL has updated to 1.4.2

GeoDjango

@@ -226 +226 @@
 ogr2ogr -t_srs WGS84 output.shp input.shp
 }}}
- * Latest [http://www.gdal.org/download.html GDAL] version is 1.4.1.  Configure with GEOS then make and install:
+ * Latest [http://www.gdal.org/download.html GDAL] version is 1.4.2.  Configure with GEOS then make (use {{{gmake}}} on Solaris platforms) and install:
 {{{
 $ ./configure --with-geos
@@ -233 +233 @@
 }}}
  * As of r5397 there's a {{{ctypes}}} layer for GDAL/OGR, no additional Python bindings are needed.  
- * If you still want to use the GDAL Python API for your own applications, then use either of the following mutually exclusive configuration flags:
-   * {{{--with-python}}}: the deprecated, but stable API.
-   * {{{--ng-python}}}: the "next-generation" SWIG-based bindings, but may be problematic for some users (''e.g.'', Python 2.5 platforms).
+ * If you still want to use the GDAL Python API for your own applications, then the following configuration flags:
+   * {{{--with-python}}} {{{--without-ngpython}}}: the deprecated, but stable API.
+   * {{{--without-python}}} {{{--with-ngpython}}}: the "next-generation" SWIG-based bindings -- used to problematic for Python 2.5 users, but the GDAL team has solved a lot of these issues in 1.4.2.
+   * ''See generally'' [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython GDAL/OGR In Python] on the GDAL trac wiki.
 
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