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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I'm not really a MS4W user generally, but I know it's used a lot, and I agree with it simplifying things. Also, with regard to a tight default integration as well as a general method of providing optional resource picking.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">bobb</font> </p>
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>>> Michael Smith <michael.smith@usace.army.mil> wrote:<br> </p>
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And these additional parts would be options in the OSGeo4W installer (and<br>probably default on the MS4W installer) as well.<br><br>This would simplify deployments significantly, I believe.<br><br><br>On 9/27/10 5:41 PM, "Daniel Morissette" <dmorissette@mapgears.com> wrote:<br><br>> I agree as well, but perhaps not all in a single deb/rpm package, i.e.<br>> with separate selectable packages for the core binaries, support files,<br>> docs and sample datasets, so that those who only want the CGI can still<br>> install only that. I believe that's already the way we handle the<br>> various mapscript flavors vs the CGI in UbuntuGIS, and other distros for<br>> instance.<br>><br>><br>> Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:<br>>> I like it. It's a whole new way to get contributors in the door as well...<br>>> Steve<br>>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: mapserver-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org<br>>> [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey<br>>> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 4:29 PM<br>>> To: MapServer Dev List<br>>> Subject: [mapserver-dev] Out of Box MapServer<br>>><br>>> Daniel is trying to avoid scope creep in his simple viewing thread, so<br>>> I'm going to start a new one.<br>>><br>>> I think the main reason there isn't a good "out of the box" MapServer<br>>> experience yet is because there is no 'make install' target. Weird<br>>> hey?<br>>><br>>> If there was a 'make install' you could install the CGI directly into<br>>> cgi-bin, and install support files, like a standard set of styles, a<br>>> standard set of fonts, some standard templates, some basic data, even<br>>> some HTML files with documentation and whatnot. Linux packagers could<br>>> then say to themselves, "OK, I will have the etc directory be this on,<br>>> the share directory be this one, I'll drop the CGI into the system CGI<br>>> directory here, and now I am set to build an RPM/DEB/whatever". Other<br>>> OSes would do similar stuff, and each copy of MapServer would have a<br>>> similar expectation of "what-is-expected-to-exist-by-default".<br>>><br>>> Once you have something more than the CGI available being installed by<br>>> default, the amount of user-friendliness you can implement across all<br>>> platforms goes up quite quickly.<br>>><br>>> For exampleness, 'make install' for example on RHEL<br>>><br>>> /var/www/cgi-bin/mapserv<br>>> /var/www/htdocs/mapserver/docs<br>>> /var/www/htdocs/mapserver/examples<br>>> /etc/mapserv.conf<br>>> /usr/share/mapserver<br>>> /usr/share/mapserver/symbols<br>>> /usr/share/mapserver/fonts<br>>> /usr/share/mapserver/templates<br>>> /usr/share/mapserver/data<br>>> /usr/docs/mapserver<br>>><br>>> What do you think?<br>>><br>>> Paul<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> mapserver-dev mailing list<br>>> mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>>> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver</a>-dev<br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> mapserver-dev mailing list<br>>> mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>>> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver</a>-dev<br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mapserver-dev mailing list<br>mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver</a>-dev<br>
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