[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #182: Deal properly with multiple raster drivers supporting the same format

[Quantum GIS]

#182: Deal properly with multiple raster drivers supporting the same format
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        Reporter:  shalasz                          |         Owner:  timlinux     
            Type:  enhancement                      |        Status:  new          
        Priority:  minor: annoyance or enhancement  |     Milestone:  Version 1.0.0
       Component:  Rasters                          |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                                   |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                   |      Platform:  All          
        Must_fix:  No                               |   Status_info:  0            
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Comment (by warmerdam):

 It seems to me that the need to disable or otherwise mess with the list of
 registered drivers is fairly rare and esoteric.  It can already be
 accomplished using the GDAL_SKIP environment variable.  So I wonder if
 there is really a need to build dialogs for the user to control this.

 I'm not too keen on the automatic population of the File Types list in the
 file selection dialog. The list is already so long and wide as to make the
 dialog quite unpleasant.  I would instead suggest that it just be
 populated with a bunch of popular file types (dropping any out if that
 driver happens to be unavailable) rather than trying to comprehensively
 populate it.

 However, the suggested approach with an options tab for disabling drivers
 would be quite plausible.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/182#comment:5>
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