GRASS GIS, in addition to importing data in its native formats via
`r.in.gdal`/`v.in.ogr` (and likewise `r.import`/v.import`),
also supports `r.external`/`v.external` which only link the data into
the GRASS DB.
Nevertheless, both `r.external` and `v.external` occasionally have problems,
especially on windows. E.g.:
- https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3927
GRASS 7 Processing Plugin already has a setting that controls whether
`v.external` is used (disabled by default).
With this commit the complementary setting for `r.external` gets added too.
Usage of `r.external` is disabled by default. This is changing the existing
behavior, which was to use r`r.external`. The downsides of this change
should be the somewhat lower import speed + higher disk usage. Nevertheless
this way we have the same default value as `v.external` + we circumvent the
`r.import/v.import` shortcomings.
Offers the following benefits over the GRASS/SAGA versions:
- Full support for z/m values and handling curved geometries without loss
of curves
- Works with all native data types, no need for format transformation
- Supports dynamic (data defined, per feature) translate/scale/rotate parameters
- Allows transformation and scaling of both Z and M values (if present)
- Supports in-place edit mode
Fixes#33550
instead of using only one ThreadPoolExecutor for all MetaTiles, its now handled in a loop and new ThreadPools for the next zoom level will be started when all work for the previous one is already done. i guess, this will fix the issues and interferences described in #32471 and shouldn't be much slower.
but show a huge obnoxious "NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED" warning
SAGA 7.3 is the new SAGA LTR, so we eventually need to move towards this.
But adding full support is going to be a painstaking tedious process. So
allow users to use this combination, but totally at their own risk.
TODO: Make SAGA provider a 3rd party plugin only and save QGIS core dev sanity ;)
be shown to users when using that provider
This can be used to return a translated warning message which should be
shown to users of this provider. It's intended for use in cases such as
a provider which relies on a 3rd-party backend, where the version of the
backend software is not officially supported, or for alerting users to
providers in a "beta" or "untrustworthy" state.
