Micha, I'm also using ECW and share your concern but on the other hand who knows when ERDAS is going to take a decision or even if they are going to take a decision at all?
I think that if we make a simple external program able to batch process a bunch of ECW files to convert them to another format, we would be both having a temporary solution and puting pressure on ERDAS as they will see people quiting the format. We cannot make OSS to depend so much upon decisions taken on proprietary formats. I understand we need a compromise, Agus 2010/10/18 Micha Silver <mi...@arava.co.il>: > > > On 18/10/2010 10:15, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > >> Il 18/10/2010 10:02, Jürgen E. Fischer ha scritto: >> >>> Ok. Two options. I'd opt for 1.7. Should we start a poll? >> >> I would suggest: go for 1.7, and keep a legacy standalone with ECW support >> for the >> desperate addicts to that format. >> How does it sound? >> All the best. > > -1 > It's not a question of who's lucky and who is desperate. Every time the ECW > /MrSid/GDAL licensing problems come up, there's a flurry of posts on the > list asking "Program X has ECW support, why not QGIS?". Many users don't > have a choice. We all realize that both compression formats are in > wide-spread use by govt offices, aerial photo companies, etc. I consider > support for ECW part of the core functionality of any GIS system today. > If it's too complicated to maintain parallel installations of GDAL 1.6 and > 1.7, then I'd prefer keeping 1.6 until ERDAS clarifies or loosens their > licensing policy. > > -- > Regards, > Micha > > -- > Micha Silver > http://www.surfaces.co.il/ > Arava Development Co. +972-52-3665918 > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
