[mapserver-dev] GDAL as a requirement for raster layers in 6.0...

[Stephen Woodbridge]

I'm +1 on this and +1 on Daniel's recommendation.

-Steve W

Daniel Morissette wrote:
> I am supportive of making GDAL a requirement for raster (imagery) data 
> support, but I think it should remain an optional dependency (meaning if 
> you don't have it you can only work with vectors), and we should try to 
> avoid extending this dependency to other areas of the software 
> unnecessarily.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> Paul Ramsey wrote:
>> Yes, there is no shame in having requirements, particularly when the
>> requirements are mature and solid like GDAL. And think of all the
>> #ifdefs that will go away!
>>
>> P
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Lime, Steve D (DNR)
>> <Steve.Lime at state.mn.us> wrote:
>>> As we discuss purging unused code from MapServer in the next major 
>>> release the native raster support has come up. What do folks think? I 
>>> think requiring GDAL in the raster case makes a good sense as the 
>>> other code isn't maintained...
>>>
>>> Steve
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