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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007>Here are some of my opinions on these topics after
doing literally dozens of installs of MGOS / MGE release versions, betas,
etc. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007>* Installing an update. I don't see this as a
large issue. You can save your entire repository as a package and then
load it or keep your repository outside of the default location. As for
me, I always maintain the repository on a the data volume and never in program
files. Granted, it can be a bit of a pain (2 minutes maximum) to
change the paths after each install, but it's not a huge deal since this can be
done in server admin or by directly editing the server/bin/serverconfig.ini
file. It is ALWAYS a good idea to back up the serverconfig.ini file so you
can refer to these settings. Especially with newer releases where
unmanaged aliases will also be stored.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007>* Password. So change it from the default the
first time you access server admin. Again, not a huge deal to me. If
you've retained your repository from a prior install and then change your
path settings to point to this location, restart the service, then your
previously changed password will be obeyed.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007>* Data directories. See my first response, it's
not hard to change immediately following the installation and you can either the
use the admin GUI or do it manually. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007>* Unmanaged SHP files. Agreed, and I have seen
these problems first hand and hope to see them addressed in the
future.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007>* Webstudio. Can't offer much opinion on this
since I use Autodesk Studio, but the developers have acknowledged that this OPEN
SOURCE package is lacking in some ways and could benefit from the
contribution of the user community, either via coding help or
funding.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=609164105-14062007>In short, we all have to remember that this is an open
source project and things aren't perfect. If you want to see things
changed, such as the first 3 items, then add an enhancement request to Trac and
perhaps it will be integrated. But, in cases like this where they are not
critical items, other critical items will most likely take
precedence.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>Andy Morsell, P.E.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>Spatial Integrators,
Inc.</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><A
href="http://www.SpatialGIS.com">http://www.SpatialGIS.com</A></FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Eric
Bickle<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:42 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'MapGuide
Users Mail List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mapguide-users] 1.2 RC1 Bugs and "Newbie"
Impressions<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m a relatively new user to
MapGuide, and I thought I’d share my impressions upgrading to v1.2 RC1. I
realize some of my thinking might be flawed, but perhaps it might shed some
insight into what a new user will experience using the
software.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Core Bugs /
Issues:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Installing 1.2 RC1 from 1.1. The
1.2 installer couldn’t perform an upgrade – instead, it asked me to uninstall
the previous version. I did so, then installed 1.2. All of my 1.1 settings were
lost, including my custom repository paths pointing to our “data”
volume.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Installing the product always
defaults to the “admin” password. This is very bad from a security standpoint
(for example, Microsoft had been blasted for this in SQL Server about 8+ years
ago). The installer should prompt the user for an administrator password during
installation (and be sure not to log it in the install log). This is an absolute
must, IMHO. Initial installations of *<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">any</SPAN></B>* product should not be
insecure.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* There needs to be a way to
reconfigure the “data directories” during installation. The majority of
production server installations separate the “OS” volume from the “data”
volume.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* I’m not sure if this has been
resolved, but put me down for a vote in the “SHP file performance is absolutely
critical” camp. I know that there were some recent problems as the # of files
increased.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Web Studio
Bugs:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* All of the following bugs were
seen in Firefox 2.0.0.4<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Installing the IIS web service
extensions did not correctly add “index.html” to the default document list. As a
result, going to <A
href="http://localhost/mapguide/mapstudio">http://localhost/mapguide/mapstudio</A>
gave a 404.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Login screen defaults to the
“admin” password. This promotes insecure implementations.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Clicking “reference unmanaged
data” on the initial page brings up a 404.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Clicking Tools->Map Agent
brings up a “cannot connect to server”. It defaults to 127.0.0.1:8001 rather
than the server I specified in the connect window. Is this
correct?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* After getting the “cannot connect
to server” error, I clicked X twice to close the two open documents. Site
explorer then showed an animation as though it was working – however, it clearly
was not doing anything.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* I get a popup message saying
“ERROR” quite a bit, even though I’m not doing anything at the
time.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>