MapServer contains some memory leaks whereby running it in FastCGI mode

Howard Butler hobu at IASTATE.EDU
Tue Jan 16 11:02:59 EST 2007


John,

Which product is xyzGeoServer and why aren't they willing to 
contribute their fixes back to the software?

Howard

At 12:17 PM 1/15/2007, John Mitchell wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>Below is a comment from a developer of a GeoServer product that runs on top
>of MapServer, which I will call xyzGeoServer
>
>The open source MapServer contains some memory leaks whereby running it in
>FastCGI mode will eventually cause issues, however in the xyzGeoServer
>release it handles properly.
>
>Does the above statement have any truth to it or has recent upgrades to
>MapServer fixed this issue?
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>John J. Mitchell
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>Hi,<br><br>Below is a comment from a developer of a GeoServer 
>product that runs on top of MapServer, which I will call xyz<span 
>style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Arial" 
>size="2">GeoServer</font></span><br><br><span>
><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">The open source 
>MapServer contains some memory leaks
>whereby running it in FastCGI mode will eventually cause 
>issues,&nbsp;however in
>the xyzGeoServer release it handles properly.<br><br><span 
>style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Does the above statement have any truth 
>to it or has recent upgrades to MapServer fixed this 
>issue?<br><br>Thanks,<br clear="all"></span>
></font></span><br>-- <br>John J. Mitchell
>
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