On samedi 6 mai 2017 13:58:06 CEST Even Rouault wrote: > Hi, > > Currently the default mode of linking GDAL with proj.4 is to use dynamic > loading mechanism (dlopen on Unix, LoadLibary on Windows). I believe the > reason for that was that it could have make it easier to use an alternate > projection engine, but apparently nobody cared enough to plug a new one, > and it could be done with standard linking. One downside of the current > mechanism (besides code complication) is that it requires to list the exact > library name of proj4 in GDAL source code, which can change depending on > the soname of proj4. And this can cause subtle issues like > https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/6881 > > So I'd suggest just keeping standard linking mechanism, and renaming the > current --with- static-proj4 configure flag as --with-proj4, as the current > name is confusing, and making it the default behaviour. > > Any thoughts ?
I'm intending to drop support for proj.4 < 4.8 too to do some cleanups > > Even -- Spatialys - Geospatial professional services http://www.spatialys.com
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