Being that it's been 8 days and there are no responses saying that vb6 and bridge are needed in trunk, I suggest that they be removed. Should that turn out that there is a critical need, we can revert the deletion.
-kurt On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 6:19 AM, Howard Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > > > On Aug 28, 2016, at 10:30 PM, Kurt Schwehr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > +1 for removing from trunk head if nobody speaks up. > > > > On Sunday, August 28, 2016, Even Rouault <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We have the bridge and vb6 directories in the source tree that are > probably no > > longer used by anyone (I don't recall any tickets or questions in recent > years > > regarding those 2 topics), but I would be interested in hearing opinions > in > > case someone still uses them (they are not part of default build > scripts, so > > there's a chance they might even not build currently) > > > > The only description of what "bridge" is I could find is : > > https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/1999-May/002942.html , so > basically > > it is a way of using the GDAL API through dlopen()/GetProcAddress() > > mechanisms. It seems this was developed primarily for the LIMP software, > but > > that one doesn't seem to be around anymore. > > > > Regarding VB6 bindings, of course VB6 itself is completely obsolete and > no > > longer available at Microsoft. From > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic, seems that legacy VB6 > applications > > could perhaps still run in recent Windows versions (not completely clear > > however) > > > > Even > > > > -- > > Spatialys - Geospatial professional services > > http://www.spatialys.com > > _______________________________________________ > > gdal-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > > > > > > -- > > -- > > http://schwehr.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gdal-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > > -- -- http://schwehr.org
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