* report an error if we can't open the filename

* don't override m_coordId to 0 if it is already set in the case of 'auto' being true

* confirm we can set CRS

* bump ci

… PROJ (#4542)

* Doc: workshorp: reprojection: hopefully fix current broken mention of PROJ

The word Proj.4 doesn't even appear currently. Perhaps due to the dot?

* Doc: use https URL for QGIS and GDAL

* doc/_config.yml: fix link to proj.org, and https'ify for proj.org and gdal.org

…4543)

GDAL 3.10 has deprecated opening a MEM::: dataset

* stop quietly replacing / with \ in portable_popen #4546

* fix compile

* update docker builds to include python plugins, cpd, and draco

* address action warnings

* tweak BUILD_DATE

* GITHUB_OUTPUT not GITHUB_ENV

* Don't foward VLRs in copc writer unless specified.

* Fix . to ->

Close #4554

* Add GHA to bump 'stable' tag to latest repository.vars.STABLE_BRANCH with every commit

* update HOWTORELEASE

* Move reqs to pip installs in attempt to solve env faster

* exclude ./test from doxygen

* drop dot

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* Detect path to conf.py and set JSON/CSV paths relative

* Try running it as a separate pre_build step

* fix typo

* jeez

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* automate release artifact generation

* on push

* fix syntax

* test builds for any tag

* explicit source tree build job

* working-directory

* only draft release for x.x.x tags

* fix syntax

* update HOWTORELEASE

* add release version checks

* set exit

* dummy 7.7.7 release version

* explicit verify of checksums

* cd into correct dir

* need conda for testing

* syntax

* break apart steps a bit

* set path to environment

* bad path :(

* bad path again :(

* dont build tests

* check installed version version

* use pdal-config for clean version string

* only release for x.x.x