GDAL 1.7.3 / Java software and repos (was Re: [El] imageio-ext)

[Mathieu Baudier]

> Yes, gdal-java can be split off.

But is it a must?

> But the names of the native shared libs expected by the Java components
> are equal for unpatched gdal-java and for the patched one.

What are the differences between patched and un-patched gdal-java?
(I'm sure you wrote it before, but I kind of lost track)

What do we lose if we only use patched gdal-java?

Sorry, I feel a bit dumb, but I really want to have clarified
everything before staring to merge...