[gdal-dev] WMS Driver defaulting to version 1.1.1

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Tim,

I can tell you just by use alone, the 1.1.1 standard is most prevalent. 
  In the MapServer world, it is 1.1.1 that dominates.  I also find, 
having been at this a long time now, that the 1.1.1 specification is 
most likely to be supported, if WMS is supported at all, by other 
mapping engines.

So I support the 1.1.1 default in the WMS mini-driver.

Others of course may disagree with me :)

-jeff



On 2016-03-02 9:58 AM, Timothy Astle wrote:
> Does anyone know why the WMS Driver defaults to version 1.1.1 instead of
> 1.3.0 by default?  Does anyone have any objections with this changing to
> 1.3.0?  It seems like 1.3.0 would fall more into line with the
> specifications content negotiation.
>
> https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/trunk/gdal/frmts/wms/wmsdriver.cpp#L96
> http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms.html
> "WMS version. (optional, defaults to 1.1.1)"
>


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Jeff McKenna
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