- add build dep on ImageMagick/docbook-xsl/libxslt to build the documentation
- dont install the utils anymore, they're not maintained and were barely
useful. postgis_restore.pl is in share/postgresql/contrib/postgis-2.0 now
- provide a complete do-regress target taking care of creating/starting/tearing
down a temporary database
- 'CREATE EXTENSION postgis' is now the simpler way to spatially-enabled a db
- add a README explaining how to LD_PRELOAD libpthread.so in postgresql since
it's required by postgis
- take maintainership from eric@ since he doesn't use it anymore
- see http://www.postgis.org/news/20120403/ for the list of new features
in the 2.x branch.
- install documentation properly
NOTE: An upgrade of all postgis DBs is required. A "hard upgrade" is
advised. A "soft upgrade" might be possible by keeping a copy of
/usr/local/lib/postgresql/postgis-1.4.so. In all cases, read the
documentation.
ok landry@ jasper@
For upgrading a postgis-enabled db, refer to
/usr/local/share/doc/postgresql/postgis/README.postgis
Try using new_postgis_restore.pl instead of postgis_restore.pl
if it doesn't work.
feedback and ok kili@ landry@
object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables"
the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial
database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI's
SDE or Oracle's Spatial extension. PostGIS follows the OpenGIS
"Simple Features Specification for SQL" and has been certified as
compliant with the "Types and Functions" profile.
ok simon@
