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I suggest that the Mapserver team consider developing close
relationships with the owning developer(s) of<br>
whatever engine(s) is (are) considered core technology for the
product. I think it would be ideal is one or more<br>
Mapserver developers take ownership of rendering engine internals and
develop expertise to reduce risk to the Mapserver<br>
project should a renderer be orphaned.<br>
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On the AGG front, I have some code compiling, but have not yet
successfully rendered any pixels ;-(<br>
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I'd expect some results in the next few day, though.<br>
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JN<br>
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<pre wrap="">I think Frank is correct on both counts. Rendering quality is only one
reason to
look at alternatives. The alternatives aren't perfect either and suffer
from too
much reliance on a single gifted developer.
That said, I've always thought a GD engine would continue to be a part
of
MapServer. It does work well in general and meets the needs of most
users.
Steve
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:
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<pre wrap="">How does this relate to talk of using alternatives graphic rendering
engines (cairo, etc.) in lieu of GD?
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Tom,
One view is that the lack of maintenance of GD is another reason to
push
to a new rendering engine that is more vital.
An alternate view might be that our community taking on maintenance of
GD
would give us the opportunity to improve it with better rendering
quality
functions to serve our needs, moderating our need for other rendering
engines.
Best regards,
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