[gdal-dev] Re: Motion: Adopt RFC 20: OGRSpatialReference Axis Support

[Even Rouault]

I am +1 on this RFC too, and also appreciate the CPL config option that will 
enable people to revert to the older behaviour if problems show up.

Even

Le Saturday 19 January 2008 00:31:32 Howard Butler, vous avez écrit :
> On Jan 18, 2008, at 5:23 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> > Andrey Kiselev wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 11:54:36PM -0500, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> >>> The CPL config option "IGNORE_AXIS_ORIENTATION" may also be set to
> >>> "TRUE" to disable OGRCoordinateTransformation's checking, and
> >>> application of axis orientation changes. Effectively this is a
> >>> backdoor to disable the core effects of the RFC.
> >>
> >> Frank,
> >> Do we have any convention on GDAL option naming? Some of them starts
> >> with "GDAL_" prefix, but this one not. I am suggesting to rename it
> >> in
> >> "GDAL_IGNORE_AXIS_ORIENTATION" to be more uniform and clear.
> >
> > Andrey,
> >
> > I have adjusted the RFC accordingly, though we haven't generally been
> > very consistent with CPL config option naming in the past.
> >
> > Unfortunately our two business days (and a bit) have passed without
> > getting enough support for the RFC to pass.  Under the assumption
> > (hope!)
> > that folks have just been to busy to review it, I'm going to keep the
> > motion alive for an extra two business days (till Tuesday evening).
> >
> > Any PSC members who have concerns are encouraged to raise them.  If
> > there
> > isn't support by then, I guess I'll have to shelve this plan and see
> > what
> > alternative I can come up with.
>
> I am +1 on this RFC, especially with the CPL config option that allows
> a user to totally shut axis guessing off.  I admit to being slightly
> nervous about turning this stuff on by default, however.  If we start
> seeing lots of problems with it, I suppose we could flip the bit on it
> and have the CPL option be the thing that turns it on...
>
> Howard
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