[gdal-dev] GDAL formats list order

[Jorge Arévalo]

Hi Ivan,  

Fine, that makes sense. So, experience and technical reasons qualify one driver to be up or down in the list. Thanks for the response.  

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El sábado 15 de junio de 2013 a las 13:09, Ivan Lucena escribió:

> Hi Jorge
>  
> "Arbitrariness is a term given to choices and actions  
> subject to individual will, judgment or preference, based  
> solely upon an individual's opinion or discretion."  
> Wikipedia
>  
> That's sounds about right.
>  
> There are several different cases and reason for a driver  
> be moved up or down on that list. For example, if a  
> format is not safely identified, if it doesn't have a MIME  
> header, and if we have cases where it catches somebody  
> else files, we move it down on the list.
>  
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: Jorge Arévalo <jorgearevalo at libregis.org (mailto:jorgearevalo at libregis.org)>
> > To: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org (mailto:gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org)
> > Subject: [gdal-dev] GDAL formats list order
> > Sent: Jun 14 '13 18:56
> >  
> > Hello,
> >  
> > I read at  
>  
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GDAL20Changes that  
> GDAL formats, when calling gdalinfo --formats, "are  
> returned in a meaningful order - the order they are tried -  
> which is important to know sometimes".
> >  
> > I see at  
>  
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/browser/tags/1.10.0/gdal/frmts/
> gdalallregister.cpp several calls to GDALRegister_X, in  
> what looks like an arbitrary order to me. Seems to have  
> "groups". Apart from that, older drivers first?
> >  
> > Is there any reason to choose that order?
> >  
> > Many thanks in advance,
> >  
> > --
> > Jorge Arevalo
> > Freelance developer
> >  
> > http://www.krop.com/jorgearevalo
> > http://about.me/jorgeas80
> >  
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