[Mapserver-users] Re: PHP version and Maplab

[Daniel Morissette]

pkishor_98 wrote:
> 
> How in heck did maplab manage its own list whilst other requests for
> separate postgis list or separate lists for each flavor of mapscript
> got assigned to devnull.
> 

That's because MapLab is an application built using MapServer, it's not
a component of MapServer.  The majority of the questions on the MapLab
list relate the the way to use or configure MapLab and have nothing to
do with the way to use MapServer itself... when questions are too
MapServer-specific then they are redirected to mapserver-users.

OTOH the various flavours of MapScript and the postGIS driver (but not
PostGIS itself), etc are all part of the MapServer package and have lots
in common, that's why the majority of users want to keep them together.  
This being said, PostGIS itself is also an independent piece of software
with a life of its own outside of the MapServer world and as such
deserve its own list.  So when it comes to questions about loading or
indexing a spatial database then it should go to the postgis-users list,
but if it's a question about using PostGIS in a MapServer mapfile it
should go to mapserver-users.  There is always a bit of overlap, but
there is enough distinction in this case to justify independent lists
(same for MapLab or other standalone applications).

My 0.02$

Daniel
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