[postgis-devel] PSC Vote: Drop support for GEOS 3.6 in PostGIS 3.5.0

[Paul Ramsey]

Sounds fine to me. A new GEOS every year means deprecating one every year.

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> On Oct 31, 2023, at 2:56 PM, Regina Obe via postgis-devel <postgis-devel at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> GEOS 3.6 is EOL'd.  In fact GEOS 3.7 is too, and yet we still support those.
> 
> I propose to say bye bye to GEOS 3.6.  I think most distros these days (even
> Debian Buster) are running GEOS 3.8 or above.
> 
> I'd like to drop 3.7 too, but I feel dropping too versions in one cycle may
> be a bit much.
> 
> Before we drop GEOS 3.6, I'll upgrade the docker image that dronie and
> woodie use from GEOS 3.6 to GEOS 3.7.  Though I am thinking maybe we should
> upgrade to GEOS 3.8.
> Do we really need to test GEOS 3.7 when probably / hopefully no one will be
> using it for PostGIS 3.5?
> 
> +1 to drop GEOS 3.6 
> 
> I'd like to hear if anyone has concerns, both PSC and just general packagers
> / developers.
> 
> Thanks,
> Regina
> 
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