[gdal-dev] Removing write side of (SDK based) FileGDB driver ?

[Even Rouault]

Le 14/01/2025 à 19:59, Even Rouault via gdal-dev a écrit :
> Actually thinking that there isn't just update, but also pure creation.
>
> 2 potential options for that one:
>
> - either just completely remove the Create() implementation of 
> FileGDB. Slightly backwards incompatible as users will have to change 
> in their code their "FileGDB" string to "OpenFileGDB"
>
> - or make it just a shim that forwards the call to the OpenFileGDB driver

I've gone through the shim approach for Open(update=1) and Create(). The 
OpenFileGDB driver is registered before the FileGDB one, so in update 
mode QGIS would already use the OpenFileGDB one. I've also added the 
CREATE_MULTIPATCH=YES layer creation option in the OpenFileGDB driver 
that was AFAICS the only little piece missing. So all in all nobody 
should notice the trick.

Close to 8000 lines of code full of hacks gone in 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11662 (last 2 commits). Hooray!

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