[mapserver-users] MapServer 6.0.0-beta6 release

Angelos Tzotsos gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com
Thu Apr 14 07:21:38 EDT 2011


Hi all,

Packages for openSUSE are now updated to beta 6

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tzotsos/

Regards,
Angelos

On 04/14/2011 02:12 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of MapServer 
> 6.0.0-beta6. This is the latest beta on our way to a final 6.0 
> release. Once again this beta contains several important fixes and we 
> encourage you to test it and continue to provide feedback.
>
> The 6.0 release introduces important changes in key components of the 
> MapServer core (rendering, query and expressions), and for this reason 
> we count on you, MapServer power users, to help test the release in 
> your respective environments and provide feedback (through the users 
> list or Trac tickets).
>
> If all goes well, the plan is to have a final 6.0 release around the 
> end of April. The full release plan which also includes the list of 
> new features and changes in this release is available at:
>   http://mapserver.org/trunk/development/release/release-plan-6.0.html
>
> The list of fixes since beta1 is attached at the end of this message. 
> For a complete list see the HISTORY.TXT file at:
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-6-0-0-beta6/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT 
>
>
> We have started working on a 5.6 -> 6.0 migration guide. This document 
> contains important notes on backwards incompatibilities or other 
> changes required when upgrading to 6.0. It is not complete yet but we 
> strongly recommend that you review the latest version online at:
>
>     http://mapserver.org/trunk/MIGRATION_GUIDE.html
>
> The source for this release can be downloaded at:
>
>     http://mapserver.org/download.html
> or
>     http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-6.0.0-beta6.tar.gz
>
> The binary distributions listed in the download page should be updated 
> with binaries for the new beta release in the next day or so.
>
> Once again we need your help to ensure a high quality product, so 
> please help out by testing your applications with this new code base.
>
> Thanks! - The MapServer Team
>
>
> Version 6.0.0-beta6 (2011-04-13)
> --------------------------------
>
> - SLD: use pixmap size when parameter size is not specified (#2305)
>
> - fix memory leaks in mapgraticule.c (#3831)
>
> - fix runtime sub validation against web metadata, was using wrong 
> lookup key
>
> - clean up the symbolset if we've used an alternate renderer for a
>   layer (#3834,#3616)
>
> - fix crash on embeded legend with cairo raster renderer
>
> - fix crashes in SVG renderer on polygon symbol fills (#3837)
>
> - fix crash/corruptions with raster layers in pdf outputs (#3799)
>
> - fix memory leak in msFreeLabelCacheSlot (#3829)
>
> - use a circle brush for wide GD lines (#3835)
>
> - fix segmentation fault with transparent layers containing symbols 
> (#3834)
>
> - fix memory leak on tiled vector polygons
>
> - fix segfault with marker symbols on short lines (#3823)
>
> - wms_getmap_formatlist causes first defined outputformat to be 
> returned by
>   getmap (#3826)
>
> - fix building of mapcluster.c when OGR support is disabled
>
> - fix some valgrind found memory leaks (offset symbols, and gd io 
> contexts)
>
> - skip marker symbol with no defined SYMBOL (caused some memory leaks 
> with
>   uninitialized vector points)
>
> - fix crash in GD lines with floating point dash patterns (#3823)
>
> - Check renderer before using it when calculating label size (#3822)
>
> - allow palette file path to be relative to mapfile (#2115)
>
> - use supplied offset for brushed lines (#3825, #3792)
>
> - fix division by 0 error in bar charts for some ill-defined cases 
> (#3218)
>
> - add GAP, POSITION and CAPS/JOINS to mapfile writer (#3797)
>
> - fix GEOMTRANSFORM rotation orientation for vector symbols (#3802)
>
> - GD Driver broken in FastCGI (#3813)
>
> - configure: look for libexslt.so under lib64 as well
>
> - Coding style and formatting fixes (#3819, #3820, #3821, and more)
>
> - More improvements to OpenGL error handling (#3791)
>
> - Added WMS GetFeatureInfo RADIUS=bbox vendor-specific option (#3561)
>
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-- 
Angelos Tzotsos
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos



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