Changelog:
1. What's new in Version 2.18 'Las Palmas'?
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This release has following new features:
- Symbology: Color picker is now embedded in layer style panel
- Labelling: Substitution list support for labeling
- Labelling: Improved line label placement algorithm
- Labelling: Label polygons using curved labels along perimeter
- Data Management: Add flag to only copy selected features
- Forms and Widgets: Allow controlling labels for individual edit widgets
- Forms and Widgets: Conditional visibility for tabs and group boxes
- Forms and Widgets: Client side default field values
- Map Composer: True North Arrows
- Processing: Point on surface algorithm added
- Processing: New algorithm for geometry boundary
- Processing: New algorithm for calculating feature bounding box
- Processing: Processing dissolve algorithm accepts multiple fields
- Processing: Optimised processing clip algorithm
- Processing: New algorithm for merging connected lines
- General: Automatic links in identify results
- General: Mouse wheel over color dialog sliders
- General: Add custom color schemes to color button drop down menu
- Data Providers: Preview for WMTS + added XYZ tile layers
- QGIS Server: Possibility to segmentize feature info geometry in server
- Plugins: DB Manager: Add the ability to update SQL Layer
- Programmability: New expression functions
- Programmability: Expose GEOS linear referencing function to QgsGeometry
http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/visualchangelog214/index.html)
General
Feature: Changed behaviour of strpos function
Feature: Zoom to feature with right-click in attribute table
Feature: Speed and memory improvements
Feature: More expression variables
Feature: Better control over placement of map elements
Feature: Paid bugfixing programme
Feature: Field calculator can be used to update feature's geometry
Feature: New expression functions in 2.14
Analysis tools
Feature: More statistics available in merge attributes tool
Feature: z/m values are shown when using the identify tool
Feature: Unified handling of distance and area units and coordinate formats
Browser
Feature: Browser Improvements
Data Providers
Feature: Cache WMS capabililies
Feature: Curved geometry support expanded
Feature: Better handling of time and datetime fields
Feature: Z/M support in delimited text provider
Feature: Transaction groups for postgres editing
Feature: Postgres provider PKI authentication
Feature: Virtual layers
Feature: More file extensions for GDAL and OGR providers file selectors
Feature: Use ST_RemoveRepeatedPoints for server-side simplification with PostGIS 2.2 (or newer) layers
Data management
Feature: Removal of SPIT plugin
Feature: DXF export: option to use title instead of name as DXF layer name in application and server
Feature: Geometry type can be overridden in the vector save as dialog
Feature: Vector joins are now saved within QLR layer-definition-files
Feature: External Resource widget
Feature: N:M relation editing
Digitising
Feature: Configurable rubber band color
Feature: Trace digitising tool
Labelling
Feature: "Cartographic" placement mode for point labels
Feature: Applying label distance from symbol bounds
Feature: Control over label rendering order
Feature: Actual rendered symbol is now considered as an obstacle for point feature labels
Layer Legend
Feature: Paste a style to multiple selected layers or to all layers in a legend group
Feature: Filter legend by expression
Map Composer
Feature: New options for filtering legend elements
Feature: Additional paths for composer templates
Feature: Multiple selection of compositions in manager
Plugins
Feature: Authentication system support for plugin manager
Processing
Feature: New algorithms in 2.14
QGIS geoalgorithms:
GDAL/OGR geoalgorithms:
Feature: Unit Tests Q/A
Feature: Improved toolbox
Feature: Batch processes can be saved and later recovered from the batch processing interface
Feature: More informative algorithm dialog
Feature: GRASS7 v.net modules
Programmability
Feature: Redesign expression function editor
Feature: Store python init code into the project
Feature: New filtering and sorting options for QgsFeatureRequest
Feature: Custom feature form Python code options
Feature: New PyQGIS classes in 2.14
New core classes
New GUI classes
Reusable widgets:
Reusable dialogs:
QGIS Server
Feature: STARTINDEX param in WFS GetFeature Request
Feature: showFeatureCount in GetLegendGraphic
Feature: Option to avoid rendering artefacts at edges of tiles
Feature: Configuration checker in project properties
Feature: WMS INSPIRE Capabilities
Feature: Add short name to layers, groups and project
Symbology
Feature: Size assistant for varying line width
Feature: Support for transparency in SVG color parameters
Feature: Easy duplication of symbol layers
Feature: 2.5D Renderer
Feature: Allow definition of rendering order for features
Feature: Geometry generator symbols
Examples
Translate a geometry
Fill style for polygon border
User Interface
Feature: Attribute table can be refreshed
Feature: Directly set renderer and class symbol colors from context menu in legend
Feature: Edit legend symbols directly from layer tree
Feature: Show/hide all legend items via the context menu
New Features in QGIS 2.12 ‘Lyon’
This is the next release in our 4-monthly release series. It
gives you access to the new features we have been working on and
represents the ‘cutting edge’ of QGIS development.
QGIS ‘Lyon’ is jam-packed with awesome new features. Special
highlights are support for rule based labelling, rule based
styling of attribute tables, and advanced geometry checker,
support for digitising curve based geometries, better
authentication management and much, much more! QGIS 2.12 also has
many bug fixes and memory leaks addressed. The features provided
in QGIS 2.12 will be included in the next LTR release (slated for
release in 2016), so using this release provides you with an
excellent opportunity to test new features that will make their
way into the next LTR.
Do it for all packages that
* mention perl, or
* have a directory name starting with p5-*, or
* depend on a package starting with p5-
like last time, for 5.18, where this didn't lead to complaints.
Let me know if you have any this time.
to address issues with NetBSD-6(and earlier)'s fontconfig not being
new enough for pango.
While doing that, also bump freetype2 dependency to current pkgsrc
version.
Suggested by tron in PR 47882
a) refer 'perl' in their Makefile, or
b) have a directory name of p5-*, or
c) have any dependency on any p5-* package
Like last time, where this caused no complaints.
