[OSGeo-Announce] Mapbender 2.4.1 Released

[Frank Warmerdam]

The Mapbender Project is happy to announce the new release 2.4.3 with some 
minor changes and all bug fixes since the last version.

Change in Release Management

More importantly this is the first release that comes in a regular time cycle 
and not after a certain set of features have been added. This change in policy 
has been discussed at length on the Mapbender mailing list and on IRC. It 
reflects a further maturation of the software and aims at making regular 
updates to the newest version a lesser issue for users and portal operators. 
The next release with major changes is due in December 2007, the challenge 
being whether the Project will keep up with the goal of regular release cycles.

Full Adoption of Trac

After more than a half year of testing, discussion and trial phase all 
enhancements and bug fixes are now managed via the OSGeo operated Trac 
instance. Trac is now also used to manage road map and further development.

   http://trac.osgeo.org/mapbender/report/1

Keep it Human(e and) Readable

The human readable version continues to be available through the Wiki as a 
MediaWiki template page that ties into the full Version History of Mapbender.

   http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Template:Changelog_2.4.3

Online Training Course

In time for FOSS4G 2007 a full fledged Online Training Course (Mapbender 101) 
is made available through OSGeo's Education infrastructure Moodle (currently 
still on the OSGeo Test Server). It received its baptism of fire during the 
FOSS4G Mapbender Workshop.

   http://www.foss4g2007.org/workshops/W-03/
   http://test.osgeo.net/moodle/