[Ubuntu] Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer 6.0.0-beta7 release

Alan Boudreault aboudreault at mapgears.com
Thu Apr 21 11:43:07 EDT 2011


UbuntuGIS MapServer packages have been updated for the beta7 release:

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntugis-testing/

Alan

On April 21, 2011 03:23:55 am Daniel Morissette wrote:
> The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of MapServer
> 6.0.0-beta7. 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, we hope to have a release candidate next week and 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 the last beta 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-beta7/mapserver/HIST
> ORY.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-beta7.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-beta7 (2011-04-20)
> --------------------------------
> 
> - Union Layer: fix for the STYLEITEM AUTO option (#3674)
> 
> - Union Layer: Add support for the layer FILTER expressions,
>    add "Union:SourceLayerVisible" predefined attribute (#3674)
> 
> - fix circle layer drawing for edge case when point1.x==point2.x (#1356)
> 
> - fix incorrect quantization for images with very large number of
>    colors (#3848)
> 
> - fix poor performance of polygon hatching (#3846)
> 
> - upgrade clipper library to 4.2 (related to #3846)
> 
> - Fix configure output for "WFS Client" (was reporting WMS info, #3842)
> 
> - KML: latlon bbox for raster layers could end up being wrong for
> non-square requests (#3840)
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-- 
Alan Boudreault
Mapgears
http://www.mapgears.com


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