[R-sig-Geo] rgdal release candidate 1.5-9 rev. 1000 ready for testing

[Roger Bivand]

The release candidate of rgdal_1.5-9 is ready for testing on R-forge:

https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=884

Those insisting on installing on PROJ >= 6 and GDAL < 3 must use configure 
argument --with-proj_api="proj_api.h"; with this used, this version builds 
with --no-build-vignettes and installs and checks OK on PROJ 7.0.1 and 
GDAL 2.2.4 with --with-proj_api="proj_api.h".

Otherwise checked OK with PROJ 4.8.0, 4.9.2, 4.9.3 and 5.2.0 with GDAL 
1.11.4; with PROJ 5.2.0 and GDAL 2.2.4, 2.3.2 and 2.4.2; with PROJ 6.3.2 
and GDAL 3.0.4; with PROJ 7.0.1 and GDAL 3.0.4 and 3.1.0.

All who have indicated issues with source installs are asked to try the 
release candidate and to report back here by midnight CEST Monday 8 June. 
If no indications are forthcoming, I'll assume that problems with 1.5-8 
are resolved.

Roger

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