[mapserver-dev] Dropping Version Output?

[Tom Kralidis]

I would suggest keeping at least the version somewhere in the responses
(i.e. current behaviour, or
move to an HTTP header).  For scenarios where users do not have access to
the deployment environment,
this information is critical.

..Tom

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 8:49 PM Steve Lime <sdlime at gmail.com> wrote:

> What do folks think about dropping the version output from MapServer? That
> is, output like:
>
> <!-- MapServer version 7.6.4 OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG SUPPORTS=PROJ
> SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=CAIRO SUPPORTS=ICONV
> SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER
> SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=GEOS SUPPORTS=POINT_Z_M SUPPORTS=PBF
> INPUT=JPEG INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE -->
> I'm not sure that advertising version and supported components makes sense
> anymore. Might be able to make it tunable via the config file but I'm not
> sure that's even necessary.
>
> --Steve
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