<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Buried in a recent thread are some
comments in support of requiring a GDAL RFC for new format drivers. On
the surface it seems one way to keep GDAL's mass and surface area from
growing without bounds. It's also been pointed out that at least one of
GDAL's formats was never intended for use. Requiring RFCs might also
help prevent proliferation of needlessly different web API clients and
JSON formats. Or it might not, I'd love to read what others have to say
about this.</div><div><br></div><div>Requiring an RFC could hurt
developers, though, since pay for format driver development (and other
new features) is what's largely been subsidizing bug fixes and general
maintenance of the project. I'm sure that others of you can think of
consequences and side effects that I haven't.</div><div><br></div><div>I
suppose we should probably have an RFC about RFCs if this idea isn't
immediately shot down. Kurt Schwehr has made a template for what a
driver RFC might look like and I suggest we discuss that as well.<font color="#888888"><br></font></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sean Gillies</div></div>