Second pre-release for version 1.5
High level overview:
- Requires Python >= 3.12, GDAL >= 3.8, and numpy >= 2.
- Improved compatibility with GDAL 3.11 & 3.12
- Supports more dtypes
- Invalidate cache methods
- Adds
CRS.geodetic_crs - More accurate reverse transforms
- Plot RGB images missing color interpretation
- Add thread safe read-only support
- Bug fixes 🐛
Changes since previous pre-release
- ENH:open: Add thread_safe parameter (#3496)
- PERF: static GDAL runtime version check (#3487)
- BUG:show_versions: Use importlib.metadata.version (#3488)
- ENH: Use GDAL open flag constants (#3494)
- CLN: Simplify gdal.h imports (#3495)
- CI: GDAL 3.12 (#3491)
- CI: Refactor download of source code for rasterio libs (#3493)
Detailed summary
Changes since previous pre-release: 1.5a0...1.5a1
Full Changelog: 1.4.4...1.5a1