pgRouting version 3.8.0 release

• Metric
  • #2760: Promoted to official pgr_degree in version 3.8

• • • Error messages adjustment.
    • New signature with only Edges SQL.
    • Function promoted to official.
• Utilities
  • #2772: Promoted to official pgr_extractVertices in version 3.8
    • Error messages adjustment.
    • Function promoted to official.
  • #2774: Promoted to official pgr_findCloseEdges in version 3.8
    • Error messages adjustment.
    • partial option is removed.
    • Function promoted to official.
  • #2873: Promoted to official pgr_separateCrossing in version 3.8
    • Function promoted to official.
    • Proposed function.
  • #2874: Promoted to official pgr_separateTouching in version 3.8
    • Function promoted to official.
    • Proposed function.

Proposed functions

• Contraction
  • #2790: pgr_contractionDeadEnd new contraction function
  • #2791: pgr_contractionLinear new contraction function
  • #2536: Support for contraction hierarchies (pgr_contractionHierarchies)
• Utilities
  • #2848: Create pgr_separateCrossing new utility function
  • #2849: Create of pgr_separateTouching new utility function

Official functions changes

• #2786: pgr_contraction(edges) new signature
  • New signature:
    • Previously, the compulsory parameter Contraction order is now optional with name methods.
    • New name and order of optional parameters.
  • Deprecated signature pgr_contraction(text,bigint[],integer,bigint[],boolean)

C/C++ code enhancements

• #2802: Code reorganization on pgr_contraction
• Other enhancements: #2869

SQL code enhancements

• #2850: Rewrite pgr_nodeNetwork

Deprecation of SQL functions

• #2749: Deprecate pgr_AlphaShape in 3.8
• #2750: Deprecate pgr_CreateTopology in 3.8
• #2753: Deprecate pgr_analyzeGraph in 3.8
• #2754: Deprecate pgr_analyzeOneWay in 3.8
• #2826: Deprecate pgr_createVerticesTable in 3.8
• #2847: Deprecate pgr_nodeNetwork in 3.8

In the deprecated functions:

• Migration section is created.
• The use of the functions is removed in the documentation.

Download the packaged version from your operating system, and use this command in the database:
ALTER EXTENSION pgrouting UPDATE TO “3.8.0”;