When is the +init= syntax support going to be removed from PROJ?

[snowman2]

Currently optionally enabled with:

PROJ/src/proj.h

Line 353 in 74a10a8

void PROJ_DLL proj_context_use_proj4_init_rules(PJ_CONTEXT *ctx, int enable);

But does not support ESRI. What is the plan for the version of PROJ where this will this be removed?

[rouault]

But does not support ESRI

Ah, that's a short-coming indeed. Didn't hear anyone complaining about that until now. 99% of use cases must be +init=epsg:xxxx I guess

What is the plan for the version of PROJ where this will this be removed?

To anyone planning to remove it, let me know so I've a chance to run away before :-)

[snowman2]

https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/347900/setting-crs-to-esri102001-using-geopandas/347920

[snowman2]

Not sure where I got the idea from. Maybe an error in GDAL?

[snowman2]

This was probably it:

proj_create: init=epsg:/init=IGNF: syntax not supported in non-PROJ4 emulation mode

[snowman2]

Okay, I will close this since it seems like it is not going to be removed anytime soon.

[snowman2]

Ah, I found the comment where @rouault said it was deprecated:
pyproj4/pyproj#224 (comment)