[mapserver-dev] rfc49: call for vote

[Daniel Morissette]

If LABELMETHOD and labelObj for layer are postponed until after 5.4 then 
I think that should be made clear in the RFC (which is tagged for 5.4), 
or even moved to a separate RFC, otherwise it will be very hard to 
figure out what was done in which release when devs/users look back at 
the RFC in a few years (Yes, I do refer to old RFCs all the time).

I'm +1 otherwise.

Daniel

thomas bonfort wrote:
> Hi devs,
> 
> I'd like to get this in for 5.4:
> http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-49.html
> 
> wrapping up the comments from the review period, I think there isn't
> any issue preventing a vote:
> 
> * possible values for LABELMETHOD (the default is to use cog) :
> awaiting implementation, very probably postponed to after 5.4 (unless
> Steve planned to implement this soon ?)
> 
> * labelObj for layer: implementation postponed to after 5.4
> 
> * fractional values also for pattern,gap, offset:  a good candidate
> for 6.0 (when pattern and gap would be moved to the styleObj?)
> 
> * there was concensus for adding parametered scaling, usefull for
> thematic mapping (eg size proportional to a feature attribute)
>    - by allowing simple expressions, eg SIZE  ( 18 + [poptotal] * ((
> 43-18)/(5000-30000))  )
>    - or by adding pseudoitems at the layer level:
> 
> PSEUDOITEM
>  'mySize' (mrange([itemname], mininput, maxinput, minoutput,
> maxoutput))
>  'myText (commify(round([itemname], 2)) + ' ac')
> END
> 
> LABELITEM 'myText'
> CLASS
>  STYLE
>    COLOR 255 0 0
>    SIZE [mySize]
>  END
>  LABEL
>    ...
>  END
> END
> 
> this enhancement will be addressed in a specific rfc.
> 
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Thomas
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