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

[Andrew Bell]

On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM Daniel Baston via gdal-dev <
gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> While the current organization is definitely not what we'd start with, I'm
> not sure the benefits or reorganization are worth making it harder to
> follow the commit history.
>

This.

In particular it's a hassle to trace changes when directories vanish. I
think people get used to any arrangement.

If this is going to happen, perhaps there are other changes that could be
done at the same time. For example, I find it difficult when the header
file names don't match the corresponding source files or the classes
contained therein. Since I don't work on GDAL every day, I end up spending
a bunch of time searching around for things that could be obvious through
naming. I also don't love having source files in a separate directory from
the headers. (I get that these are perhaps personal preferences not shared
by others.)

That said, leaving things alone wouldn't be a bad decision, IMO.

-- 
Andrew Bell
andrew.bell.ia at gmail.com
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