[gdal-dev] Re-organizing source tree regarding drivers?

Javier Jimenez Shaw j1 at jimenezshaw.com
Sat May 9 02:47:09 PDT 2026


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> I'm hesitating between:
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> - putting all drivers below a drivers/  directory
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> - or having drivers/raster/ , drivers/vector/ and drivers/mixed/
> ...
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I prefer having three directories. It makes more clear their behaviour and
what they should support. A driver in `raster` directory doesn't have to
worry about vector problems and vice versa.
For mixed... well it is clear that has to deal with both.



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> Thoughts? (I'm wondering how such a plan could be executed without
> freezing all pull request activity in the meantime to limit conflicts,
> although git might perhaps be smart enough to detect files moving around)
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> Even
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