Re: [DebianGIS] [Fwd: [Qgis-developer] QGIS and use of GDAL C++ vs. C API]
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 08:43:42AM +0100, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> I think this may be relevanto to Debian_GIS.
> All the best.
> pc
>
Thanks, this is surely welcome because the C API/ABI is much more stable
than the C++ one and that caused our current naming scheme for GDAL
packaging...
> Because of this specific case, and because in general the GDAL C API is
> more stable, and more loosely coupled, I believe it is desirable to migrate
> QGIS to the C API from the GDAL C++ API. We have already taken this step
> in MapServer, and it is my general advice for applications that don't want
> to be overly tightly bound to a specific version of GDAL.
>
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Francesco P. Lovergine
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