How to test GDAL 3.8.0 beta

[rsbivand]

@edzer @paleolimbot #2235 - 3.8.0 beta is available - how should we go about testing sf and selected revdeps (those we know use GPKG/flatbuf etc.)?

[edzer]

How can we get to such a list of selected revdeps?

[tim-salabim]

Fwiw, mapview uses sf to write flatgeobuf files. So eager to find out about any breaking changes

[edzer]

mapview no changes.

[tim-salabim]

Thanks!

[paleolimbot]

I didn't know about the docker image in the sf repo! @edzer, is that the general approach you use to test dev versions of GDAL?

[edzer]

is that the general approach you use to test dev versions of GDAL?

My testing process is somewhat ad hoc, but yes this is one of them; this way upstream doesn't clobber my system. I occasionally also run revdep checks with tools::check_packages_in_dir, before and after, and tools::check_packages_in_dir_changes comparing them. Ideally I would want to use some cloud and/or CI setup doing that, both for testing upstream RCs and before releasing sf, but I'm not yet there.

[tillea]

Hi,
in case this might be considered a test: There is a bug report for Debian which contains a link to a full build log. This test is done with the released version of sf 1.0-14 (so not the latest Git HEAD). Please let me know if I can provide any more details.
Kind regards, Andreas.

[edzer]

Thanks for reporting @tillea - and thanks @sebastic for fixing this upstream!

[kadyb]

GDAL 3.8.0 has been released! 🎉
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.8.0

[rsbivand]

From https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2023-November/057974.html, today 3.8.1RC1 has been published: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2023-November/057984.html with https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/v3.8.1RC1/NEWS.md, quickly followed by RC2: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2023-November/057987.html. sf released and main check and install OK.