Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of rfc70_output_format_guess

Timestamp:

Nov 9, 2017, 12:58:31 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

Even Rouault

Comment:

RFC 70: modify logic when several drivers match the extension

rfc70_output_format_guess

@@ -21 +21 @@
 Command line utilities, when neither -f nor -of are specified (note: since r39878 both switches can be indifferently used), will loop through the registered drivers and check if one or several drivers, with output capabilities, declare to recognize the extension of the output filename.
   * When one and only one driver declares this extension (.tif, .png, .jpg ect), it will be used automatically
-  * When several drivers declare this extension (for example KML and LIBKML for .kml), the utility will error out, suggesting the name of the candidate drivers
+  * When several drivers declare this extension (for example KML and LIBKML for .kml), the utility will select the first registered driver (except netCDF instead of GMT for .nc files), and a warning is emitted specifying which driver is used
   * When no driver declares this extension, and the extension is not empty (e.g a .mpg filename), the utility will error out
 
@@ -34 +34 @@
 == Changes in SWIG bindings ==
 
-None
+For librarified utilities (gdal.Translate, etc.), the format argument now defaults to None.
 
 == Potential issues ==
@@ -50 +50 @@
 == Testing ==
 
-The existing autotest suite should continue to pass (with likely a few changes related to tests for the current behaviour)
+The existing autotest suite should continue to pass (with a few changes related to tests for the current behaviour)
 
 == Implementation ==
@@ -56 +56 @@
 Implementation will be done by Even Rouault
 
+Proposed implementation is in https://github.com/rouault/gdal2/tree/rfc70
+
+Diff: https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/compare/trunk...rouault:rfc70
+
 == Voting history ==