[Qgis-psc] QGIS bug-fixing efforts - work on upstream libraries (specifically GDAL)

[Nyall Dawson]

On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 at 01:12, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi PSC,
>
> I'd like to ask for permission that myself could work on GDAL
> enhancements on behalf of the QGIS bug fixing effort, in a similar
> manner like other developers often fix issues in GDAL/OGR/GEOS when
> fixing issues in QGIS.

Can I also ask this same permission please? There's a couple of bugs
I've tracked down to sitting in the GDAL library and I'd like to
address these as part of the current round of fixes too...

Nyall

>
> Specifically, while working on
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/38092 I've added the possibility
> to interrupt/abort running queries through the QGIS connection API
> (which is part of the ongoing effort to bury DB-Manager in favor of a
> core C++ implementation).
>
> In order for this to fully work, the data providers need to support
> the cancellation of a running SQL query but GDAL does not currently
> support this feature which is necessary for both GPKG and SPATIALITE
> QGIS data providers.
>
> I've spoken to Even who is not available at the moment but is happy to
> help me polishing the feature if I take care of the implementation in
> GDAL.
>
> So I'm asking for the possibility to use a few hours from the QGIS bug
> fixing to make this GDAL enhancement for GPKG and SPATIALITE drivers.
>
> Alessandro
>
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