[Qgis-psc] QGIS bug-fixing efforts - work on upstream libraries (specifically GDAL)

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi

I think it's a good move to include these libraries as they are an integral
part of QGIS and if excluded, this will only encourage devs to write hacks
on qgis side rather than fixing things at the right spot in the stack.

Do you think it's reasonable to add an (obvious) "... if in the best
interest for QGIS" clause to the PSC decision for this kind of fixes and a
requirement for an issue report on QGIS to highlight the relevance? (P.S.
while I'm a proponent of low admin overhead, I think issue reports help a
lot to work with a focus on problems and denote relevance. I often create
issue reports even if the fix is already implemented to separate
requirement and solution. If others feel like this requirement is too much
of a burden, please object!)

Matthias

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 11:02 AM Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org> wrote:

> So it seems like everyone is in favor of also including GEOS and GDAL/OGR
> library improvements in our QGIS bug fixing effort.
>
> For me it is ok, if next to Even and strk also others (like Nyall and
> Alessandro) work on these libraries.
>
> Do we need to write this down as a PSC decision?
>
> Greetings,
> Andreas
>
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 03:01, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 at 01:12, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi PSC,
>> >
>> > I'd like to ask for permission that myself could work on GDAL
>> > enhancements on behalf of the QGIS bug fixing effort, in a similar
>> > manner like other developers often fix issues in GDAL/OGR/GEOS when
>> > fixing issues in QGIS.
>>
>> Can I also ask this same permission please? There's a couple of bugs
>> I've tracked down to sitting in the GDAL library and I'd like to
>> address these as part of the current round of fixes too...
>>
>> Nyall
>>
>> >
>> > Specifically, while working on
>> > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/38092 I've added the possibility
>> > to interrupt/abort running queries through the QGIS connection API
>> > (which is part of the ongoing effort to bury DB-Manager in favor of a
>> > core C++ implementation).
>> >
>> > In order for this to fully work, the data providers need to support
>> > the cancellation of a running SQL query but GDAL does not currently
>> > support this feature which is necessary for both GPKG and SPATIALITE
>> > QGIS data providers.
>> >
>> > I've spoken to Even who is not available at the moment but is happy to
>> > help me polishing the feature if I take care of the implementation in
>> > GDAL.
>> >
>> > So I'm asking for the possibility to use a few hours from the QGIS bug
>> > fixing to make this GDAL enhancement for GPKG and SPATIALITE drivers.
>> >
>> > Alessandro
>> >
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