<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">
</div>
<div>Yeah</div>
<div>I am after that kind of explanation. </div>
<div><a id="OWAAM184247" class="TWjEI" href="mailto:gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org" translate="no" data-ogsb="" style="">@Even Rouault via gdal-dev</a> - Do you think there is any quick explanation available for this scenario?</div>
<hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1">
<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Parveen Sharma <sharma1981@outlook.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 7, 2025 9:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Even Rouault via gdal-dev <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org>; John Smith <johnsmith7862025@outlook.com>; Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gdal-dev] Proxy vs Real Driver in GDAL</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<div></div>
<div style="font-family:inherit; font-size:inherit; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks Even</div>
<div style="font-family:inherit; font-size:inherit; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:inherit; font-size:inherit; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Still do you think I could have a brief intro if it's an in-tree driver. So from that point of view what would constitute a proxy and real driver?</div>
<div></div>
<br>
<hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%">
<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" data-ogsc="" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> gdal-dev <gdal-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Even Rouault via gdal-dev <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 7, 2025 5:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Smith <johnsmith7862025@outlook.com>; Even Rouault via gdal-dev <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gdal-dev] Proxy vs Real Driver in GDAL</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">John,</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">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>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Even<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><br>
</p>
<div class="x_x_moz-cite-prefix">Le 07/07/2025 à 10:55, John Smith via gdal-dev a écrit :<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Hello</div>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Can anyone explain the concept of proxy driver and real driver in GDAL? I am looking at the link
<a href="https://gdal.org/en/stable/development/rfc/rfc96_deferred_plugin_loading.html" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPlnk339250" class="x_x_moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://gdal.org/en/stable/development/rfc/rfc96_deferred_plugin_loading.html</a></div>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<ol data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":false,"orderedStyleType":6}" start="1" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">
<li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); list-style-type:"a) "">
<div role="presentation" class="x_x_elementToProof">In this scenario I think the geospatial driver needs GDAL libs as well?</div>
</li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); list-style-type:"b) "">
<div role="presentation" class="x_x_elementToProof">Now what is the proxy driver and what is real driver in this context? Is the real driver inside GDAL or inside my plugin?</div>
</li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); list-style-type:"c) "">
<div role="presentation" class="x_x_elementToProof">What is the proxy driver in context of question (b)</div>
<div role="presentation" class="x_x_elementToProof"><br>
</div>
<div role="presentation" class="x_x_elementToProof"><br>
</div>
</li></ol>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Please clarify me so that I have clear picture in my mind.</div>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
BR</div>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
John </div>
<div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="x_x_moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset>
<pre class="x_x_moz-quote-pre">_______________________________________________
gdal-dev mailing list
<a href="mailto:gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="x_x_moz-txt-link-abbreviated">gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>
<a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_moz-txt-link-freetext">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre class="x_x_moz-signature" cols="72">--
<a href="http://www.spatialys.com" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.spatialys.com</a>
My software is free, but my time generally not.</pre>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>