Add PDAL python bindings

[nicogodet]

Title says it all.

​https://pdal.io/python.html

[nicogodet]

When I try to import pdal, I have this error:

>>> import pdal
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python39\lib\code.py", line 90, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\OSGeo4W/apps/qgis/./python\qgis\utils.py", line 888, in _import
    mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
  File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python39\lib\site-packages\pdal\__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    inject_pdal_drivers()
  File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python39\lib\site-packages\pdal\drivers.py", line 62, in inject_pdal_drivers
    drivers = json.loads(
  File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python39\lib\json\__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

[nicogodet]

As QGIS provides PDAL 2.3.0, maybe you should use PDAL==2.3.0 for pypi package ​https://pypi.org/project/PDAL/2.3.0/

Instead of latest

[nicogodet]

Import works from python-qgis.bat but not from embedded python console in QGIS

[jef]

Not reproducable - in a fresh install of qgis-full with python-pdal I can load pdal in the python console just fine.

[nicogodet]

Import fails when QGIS is started using .exe

Import OK when QGIS is started using .bat

[jef]

Doesn't seem to make any difference here either.

[nicogodet]

Yeah, local issue not linked to my qgis install (which is fresh) but my computer or dunnow...

OK on another computer with with .bat and .exe.

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