[gdal-dev] Removal of Python SWIG python generated files from git

[Frank Warmerdam]

Folks,

At one time we were very sensitive to the exact version of SWIG so
providing pre-generated bindings removed a large class of versioning
problems.

I am ok with removing them.

Best regards,
Frank


On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 3:14 PM Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
wrote:

>
> > To play devil's advocate, were there any (perceived) benefits to this
> > arrangement when originally introduced, other than not needing the
> > SWIG binary to compile Python bindings?
>
> That predates the start of my involvement with GDAL, so my guess would
> be that this was just what you mention: for the sake of simplicity of
> people building GDAL, at a time where its only build requirement was the
> basic tools autoconf, make and g++. Nowadays, getting SWIG isn't harder
> than getting PROJ or any of the "optional" dependencies you generally
> want to make a reasonably feature complete GDAL build.
>
> Even
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