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+9.0.0 Release Notes
+-------------------
+
+ Breaking Changes
+ ----------------
+
+ o Support for the autotools build system has been removed (#3027)
+   See RFC7 for details: https://proj.org/community/rfc/rfc-7.html
+
+ Updates
+ --------
+
+ o Database updates:
+
+  + ESRI projection engine db to version 12.9 (#2943)
+
+  + EPSG v10.054 (#3051)
+
+  + Vertical grid files for PL-geoid-2011, Polish geoid model (#2960)
+
+  + Belgian geoid model hBG18 to grid alternatives (#3044)
+
+ o Add new option to proj_create_crs_to_crs_from_pj method to force +over on
+   transformation operations (#2914)
+
+ o Specify CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH for macOS; use -rpath LDFLAGS for tests (#3009)
+
+ o Implement Geographic3D to Depth/Geog2D+Depth as used by ETRS89 to CD Norway
+   depth (#3010)
+
+ o Allow PROJ_LIB paths wrapped with double quotes (#3031)
+
+ o Use external gtest by default when possible (#3035)
+
+ o CMake: make BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON the default even on Windows (#3042)
+
+ o proj.ini: add a 'ca_bundle_path' variable (#3049)
+
+
+ Bug fixes
+ ----------
+
+ o Fix extremely long parsing time on hostile PROJ strings (#2968)
+
+ o CMake: fix warning with external googletest (#2980)
+
+ o proj_get_crs_info_list_from_database(): report PJ_TYPE_GEODETIC_CRS for
+   IAU_2015 -ocentric geodetic CRS (#3013)
+
+ o peirce_q: rename +type parameter wrongly introduced in 8.2.1 to +shape (#3014)
+
+ o Set more precise error code for parsing errors in proj_create() (#3037)
+
+ o createOperations(): fix transformations from/to a BoundCRS of a
+   DerivedGeographicCRS coming from WKT (#3046)
+
+ o Better deal with importing strings like '+init=epsg:XXXX +over' (#3055)
+
+ o Fix importing CRS definition with +proj=peirce_q and +shape different from
+   square or diamond (#3057)
+
+
 8.2.1 Release Notes
 -------------------