[gdal-dev] Motion: adopt RFC 87: Signed int8 data type for raster

Hermann Rodrigues hermann.rodrigues at gmail.com
Wed Nov 16 08:32:08 PST 2022


Hi,

I am a bit late for this discussion, but can someone please clarify if this
is a breaking change? Is this keeping the old behavior in place when
reading GDT_Byte or replacing it completely when reading rasters storing
8-bit pixels?

Best,

hermann

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On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 8:04 AM Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
wrote:

> I declare this motion passed with +1 from PSC members KurtS, JukkaR,
> MateuszL and me.
>
> Even
>
> Le 14/11/2022 à 13:22, Even Rouault a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I feel the discussion phase has finished. There were a few questions
> > about the existing GDT_Byte unsigned 8-bit integer type, if it should
> > be renamed/aliased/etc, but no obvious conclusion emerged from this,
> > and I'd suggest we keep with the status-quo with GDT_Byte, and the RFC
> > remains on just adding GDT_Int8 for signed 8-bit integer.
> >
> > Motion:
> >
> > Adopt RFC 87: Signed int8 data type for raster
> > (https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/6634)
> >
> > Starting with my +1,
> >
> > Even
> >
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