[mapserver-dev] Next release: 5.6 or 6.0...

Daniel Morissette dmorissette at mapgears.com
Tue Jul 14 10:45:32 EDT 2009


Steve Lime wrote:
> Just trying to clean up loose ends. There was a short-lived thread on the topic some weeks
> ago with little conclusion. Thomas made the point that the rendering plugin will not be ready
> by the fall and he proposed an interim 5.6 release. A 5.6 could still have some nice additions:
> 
>   - single pass queries
>   - repeating labels
>   - SVG symbols
>   - experimental renderer plugin support for Cairo
>   - etc...
> 
> Are folks on board with that?  I've already created a 5.6 milestone in Trac just in case and will
> setup a road map page as well.
> 

I'm also fine with a 5.6 release before FOSS4G and before the rendering 
overhaul.

(Note: another new feature not in your list that's completed in trunk is 
the enhanced support for output resolution, RFC 55)

Daniel
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