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<p>John,</p>
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<p>As stated in the intro, this RFC is mostly for *in-tree* drivers.
If you develop an out-of-tree plugin that doesn't modify GDAL
sources, then you can ignore it</p>
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<p>Even<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 07/07/2025 à 10:55, John Smith via
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Can anyone explain the concept of proxy driver and real driver
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Say I create an external plugin of some data format for e.g. say
JP2 and then some Geospatial server loads my plugin file.</div>
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Please clarify me so that I have clear picture in my mind.</div>
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