[gdal-dev] SWIG bindings motions

[Howard Butler]

Dear SWIG bindings devs,

I would like to propose the following motions for the upcoming 1.7  
GDAL release:

1) All swig bindings will be regenerated as part of the release process.
2) We will move up to SWIG 1.3.39 by for the release generation.

As far as motion 1 is concerned, I would note that some of the  
generated code would need to stay in subversion because it is  
convenient and useful for things like the buildbot.  If we wanted to  
take things to the point of removing all of the generated code from  
subversion, I would be supportive of that, but it would take some  
infrastructure work.  We wouldn't have to remove the generated code  
from subversion as part of either of these motions, but I think we  
should remove the requirement of individual swig devs having to worry  
about updating bindings around release time (we already have removed  
this requirement for perl and .net, btw.  Now we would remove it for  
the others).

Howard