mapserv.ini file going away.

[kenboss at dilbert.dnr.state.mn.us]

The one thing that I've really liked about the .ini file is that it 

> Greetings: This is just a heads up. I've come to the conclusion that using the 
.ini file is basically useless. 
> New versions of 3.3 will no longer require mapserv.ini. Rarely changed options 
such as expressions for
> legal map and template file are moving into map.h and be changed at compile 
time. Contact_email goes
> away since you can create your own error pages anyway. Other parameters get 
moved into the map file
> itself (in the web object primarily). This should make managing apps easier as 
each one can have it's own log,
> temporary image directory, etc... This also makes mapscript not quite as 
clunky, blah, blah, blah... You wll
> have to ALWAYS include symbol and font set info though. From what I've seen 
most users are doing that
> anyway.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> Stephen Lime
> Internet Applications Analyst
> 
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-297-2937
>