[gdal-dev] Two JPEG-XL libraries - was Re: draft NEWS for 3.4.0

[Even Rouault]

Andrew,

this was discussed in https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/3945 . I also 
find the current situation not super satisfactory.

Even

Le 01/11/2021 à 09:59, Andrew C Aitchison a écrit :
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2021, Even Rouault wrote:
>
>> if you feel bored this week end, you can review and submit tweaks for 
>> the NEWS file:
>>
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/release/3.4/gdal/NEWS
>
>     New optional dependencies
>
>     * libjxl (master) when using internal libtiff for JPEG-XL support 
> in TIFF
>             ...
>     * libbrunsli for JPEG-XL support in MRF driver (as well as 
> existing libzstd)
>
> *Two* optional JPEG-XL libraries could be confusing.
> Is there a wish to update one driver so that we can use a single
> JPEG-XL library ?
>
> (I note that both are still under development,
> perhaps it is to early to pick one?)
>
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