State of MapServer...

[Robert Chavez]

I'd say, as long as the manual is SGML or XML based (and DocBook is), then
go for it!

Rob Chavez
Perseus Project

On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Stephen Lime wrote:

> For more information on DocBook, checkout:
> 
> http://oasis.oasis-open.org/docbook/
> 
> Looks pretty cool!
> 
> Steve
> 
> Stephen Lime
> Internet Applications Analyst
> 
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
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> 
> >>> Caffeinate The World <mochaexpress at yahoo.com> 10/25/00 11:52AM >>>
> may i suggest DocBook for the manual. Then you can
> dump it out in different formats: html, ps, text, what
> ever.
> 
> More information regarding how to work with shape
> files and conversion utilities. Atleast have
> references to where you can find them. 
> 
> Port Mapscript/PHP module to work with PHP4.
> Definitely have a better demo site to show off all the
> great features. SourceForge is very SLOW at times. If
> they UoMN can and is willing to donate some server
> space, all the better. Ever try dl-ing from
> SourceForge? I usually go for coffee breaks when DL
> from SourceForge.
> 
> 
> --- Stephen Lime <steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:
> > Man, lots of traffic on the list these days and all
> > good conversation. I'm all in favor of
> > getting more people involved in actual code
> > development, but now is not the right time.
> > Perhaps with MapServer 4- which is on the horizon.
> > As always I/we or whatever will
> > solicit input from the user community. The mailing
> > list numbers 230+ so clearly something
> > is being done right.
> > 
> > SourceForge - Unless the University can't or won't
> > house the project I see no reason
> > to move. Being one of 10,000 projects doesn't sound
> > appealing. A fast, robust CVS
> > server is key and the UMN can provide that.
> > Certainly other tools could/should be 
> > employed for bug tracking and I'll encourage the UMN
> > to get one running. Bugzilla seems
> > to be pretty good. Other suggestions are of course
> > welcome. A running change log is part
> > of CVS.
> > 
> > The biggest need I see is more detailed examples and
> > documentation. Functionality is such
> > that most users aren't pushing the software. I think
> > the primary reason is that most just aren't
> > aware of possiblities (or my current docs suck).
> > That was the reason for the original call for
> > volunteers. What I propose is to move the
> > documentation and demo portions of the main
> > mapserver site into CVS with sub-groups of MapServer
> > users responsible for updates and
> > additions. With the main demo and the test suite
> > there is enough to start from, same goes 
> > for the docs. It's important to not have only those
> > doing coding involved. Often I'm so tied
> > to the code I can't anticipate issues that those
> > using it can. That's why Perry's demo instructions
> > are far better than I could write. The University is
> > setting up 2 new mailing lists to direct
> > documentation
> > and demo development: mapserver-demo and
> > mapserver-docs. When those are ready I'll make
> > another call for participation.
> > 
> > I really like Perry's demo "howto" and would like to
> > see a bunch of these written (i.e. howto add
> > the mapplet applet, howto use projections and so
> > on). Works for RedHad anyway.
> > 
> > What do folks think?
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > Stephen Lime
> > Internet Applications Analyst
> > 
> > Minnesota DNR
> > 500 Lafayette Road
> > St. Paul, MN 55155
> > 651-297-2937
> > 
> 
> 
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